Michael Riffaterre

Michael Riffaterre (born November 20, 1924 in Bourganeuf , † May 27, 2006 in New York ) was an American Romance studies and literary scholar of French origin.

life and work

Michel Riffaterre was the son of parliamentarian Camille Riffaterre (1879–1964). He studied in Lyon and at the Sorbonne, went to the United States in 1950 and received his doctorate in 1955 from Columbia University , New York, on Le style des Pléiades de Gobineau. Essai d'application d'une méthode stylistique (Geneva / Paris / New York 1957). There he was an Instructor (1953), Assistant Professor (1955), Full Professor (1964), Blanche W. Knopf Professor (1975) and from 1982 to 2004 University Professor. From 1971 to 2000 he was editor of the magazine Romanic Review . Riffaterre was an honorary doctor from the Universities of Clermont-Ferrand and Paris. In 1986 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Other works

Essais de stylistique structurale, ed. by Daniel Delas, Paris 1970, 1973, 1975 (German: Structural Stylistics, Munich 1973; Spanish: Barcelona 1976)
Semiotics of poetry, Bloomington / London 1978, Methuen 1980, Bloomington 1984 (French: Paris 1983, 1990; Arabic 1997)
La production du texte, Paris 1979 (English: New York 1983; Italian: Bologna 1989)
Fictional Truth, Baltimore 1990
(with Hans-George Ruprecht and others) L'intertextualité, intertexte, autotexte, intratexte, Toronto 1984
Voyage, Paris 1985

literature

Romanic Review 93,1-2, 2002
Le Monde June 2, 2006
The New York Times June 5, 2006

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personal data
SURNAME	Riffaterre, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Riffaterre, Michel; Riffaterre, Michel Camille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Romance studies and literary scholar of French origin
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bourganeuf
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 2006
Place of death	new York