DECONSTRUCTING NARRATIVE IN SAM SHEPARD'S FOOL FOR LOVE: INSIGHTS FROM ROLAND BARTHES'S LITERARY CRITIQUE

This article seeks to examine Shepard's celebrated play in light of Roland Barthes's theoretical framework. By taking advantage of Barthes's theories, the present study investigates the important role played by intertextuality in examining the interconnectedness of Fool for Love with other texts, underlining the ways in which Shepard references and reinterprets literary traditions and social symbols in the narrative. Additionally, the examination of the plurality of meaning in Fool for Love accentuates the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the text, asking the readers to engage with the play on different interpretative levels. Through a thorough inspection of these notions, my article means to present a complete understanding of Shepard's narrative techniques and thematic concerns, supplemented by Barthes's critical viewpoints. In fact, this study shows the ambiguities and complexities that characterize Shepard's narrative style, proposing fresh insights into the play's thematic concerns and structural innovations. Finally, this paper aims to demonstrate the significance of Roland Barthes's literary critique in realizing and appreciating the complex narrative dynamics at play in Fool for Love, stressing the prominence of engaging with miscellaneous critical standpoints to disclose the layers of meaning in literary works