Gérard Genette

Gérard Genette
Born(1930-06-07)7 June 1930
Paris, France
Died11 May 2018(2018-05-11) (aged 87)
Ivry-sur-Seine, France

Gérard Genette (French: [ʒeʁaʁ ʒənɛt]; 7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and with figures such as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of bricolage.