S/Z

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S/Z

Cover of the first edition
Author	Roland Barthes
Original title	S/Z
Language	French
Subject	"Sarrasine"
Publication date	1970
Publication place	France
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
ISBN	978-0374521677
OCLC	10314663

S/Z, published in 1970, is Roland Barthes' structural analysis of "Sarrasine", the short story by Honoré de Balzac. Barthes methodically moves through the text of the story, denoting where and how different codes of meaning function. Barthes' study had a major impact on literary criticism and is historically located at the crossroads of structuralism and post-structuralism.