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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale | Vol. 59 | Giugno 2023

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Xiaolu Guo’s A Lover’s Discourse: Analysis of the Influence of Roland Barthes

Elisabetta Giuliano    Indipendent researcher    

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This paper aims to analyse A Lover’s Discourse (2020), a novel by Chinese writer Xiaolu Guo, comparing it to A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments (1978) by Roland Barthe and examining to what degree the French linguist and semiotician has influenced the author’s work. The discourse between lovers developed by Guo resembles that of Barthes on a structural, linguistic, and thematic level, but is set in an intercultural and multilingual context. By reframing the discourse as such, Xiaolu Guo contemplates themes of love, wordlessness, and home, connected to the migrant’s experience.

Pubblicato
29 Agosto 2023
Accettato
21 Giugno 2023
Presentato
31 Gennaio 2023
Lingua
EN

Keywords: Roland Barthes • Fragments d’un discours amoureux • Chinese literature • A Lover’s Discourse • Xiaolu Guo • Intercultural communication

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2023/01/017

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