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Riffaterre, Michael Camille was born on November 20, 1924 in France. Son of Camille and Marie Riffaterre.
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"It almost goes without saying that a new book by Michael Riffaterre is an important book . . . and Fictional Truth does not disappoint . . . Essential reading for everyone interested in the way narrative works."-Modern Fiction Studies. "There is no doubt that this book is indispensable not only for critics and students of the novel but for anyone who has considered the paradox of fictional truth.'"-Queen's Quarterly.
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In Semiotics of Poetry, Michael Riffaterre proposes a startling, if simple, alternative to mimesis in poetry. Poetic discourse, he argues, represents nothing but itself. The meaning of a poem depends not on the semantic grid of language but on a semiotic system determined by the text's own structures. Using the key concepts of intertextuality and the overdetermination of poetic discourse, Riffaterre dazzlingly demonstrates the application of his theories to the interpretation of a wide range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French poetry.
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Riffaterre, Michael Camille was born on November 20, 1924 in France. Son of Camille and Marie Riffaterre.
Educated, University Lyons, France, 1941. Educated, University Paris, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1955.
Assistant professor French, Columbia University, New York City, 1955-1958;
associate professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1958-1964;
professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1964-1975;
University professor, Columbia University, New York City, since 1982;
department chairman, Columbia University, New York City, 1974-1983;
Blanche W. Knopf professor French literature, Columbia University, New York City, 1975-1982. Visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1980, 89, College de France, Paris,1981, Yale University, New Haven, 1983, Harvard University, 1985-1986, CUNY, 1985, University of Pennsylvania, 1989. Senior fellow Dartmouth College School Criticism and Theory, since 1979, director, since 1987.
Visiting senior fellow St. John's College, Oxford, England, 1991.
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Director Reid Hall, Inc., from 1978. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Association Teachers of French (president chapter 1962-1964), American Association Study of Dada and Surrealism (president 1965-1966, 73-79), Academy Literature Studies (president 1978-1979), Semiotic Society American (president 1985-1986), Toronto Semiotic Circle (honorary).
Married Hermine Bilfeld, May 15, 1965. Children: Lee, Jason.