Michael or Michel Riffaterre was an influential French literary critic and theorist. He pursued a generally structuralist approach. He is well known in particular for his book "Semiotics of Poetry", and the concepts of hypogram and syllepsis. He was born in Bourganeuf, in the Limousin region of France. After receiving the concours général prize in French literature he went on to study at the University of Lyon. Wikipedia
Riffaterre 1958 : Riffaterre, M., Giraudoux: Irony and Poetry, American Society Legion of Honor Magazine , 1958, 29, p. 9-20. www.text-semiotics.org/BIBLIO/Riffaterre.html#eng
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Michael Riffaterre , University Professor Emeritus, died at his home in Manhattan on May 27. He was 81 and had spent his entire professional career at Columbia University. Provost Alan Brinkley issued the following statement: "Michael Riffaterre was one www.columbia.edu/cu/french/department/fac_bios/riffaterre...
