How long does it take to read Degré Zéro de L'écriture?
Degré Zéro de L'écriture by Roland Barthes takes about 1 hour 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 54 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1967. 104 pages, about 28,600 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Defines the nature of writing, as well as the historical, political and personal forces responsbile for the formal changes in writing from the classical period to the present. Ranging far beyond the confines of most literary criticism, this is an incisive analysis of language and speech, tone and style.
Subjects: History and criticism, Literary style, Semantics, Semiotics, Style, Literary, French literature, history and criticism
