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Gérard Genette

1930 - 2018

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Gérard Genette (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Genette has received more than 278,183 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gérard Genette is the 3,678th most popular politician (down from 3,457th in 2019), the 1,192nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,153rd in 2019) and the 292nd most popular French Politician.

Gérard Genette is most famous for his work on narrative theory. He is most well-known for the concept of paratext, which is the space between the text and the reader.

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  • 280k

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  • 60.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gérard Genette ranks 3,678 out of 15,577. Before him are Labarna I, Gabriel Narutowicz, Charles, Duke of Berry, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Jahan Shah, and Garegin Nzhdeh. After him are Emperor Kōtoku, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Magnus II of Sweden, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria, and Jiroemon Kimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Gérard Genette ranks 69. Before him are Stanley Miller, Joanne Woodward, Jesús Franco, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Akira Suzuki, and Luce Irigaray. After him are Derek Walcott, Pierre Bergé, Ivan Silayev, Richard Donner, Sonia Rykiel, and Gaafar Nimeiry. Among people deceased in 2018, Gérard Genette ranks 53. Before him are Günter Blobel, Joël Robuchon, Jean-Louis Tauran, Paul D. Boyer, Scott Wilson, and Reynaldo Bignone. After him are Dolores O'Riordan, Shoko Asahara, Sondra Locke, Wim Kok, Osamu Shimomura, and Gene Sharp.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Genette ranks 1,192 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Étienne Bézout (1730), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), and Julien Green (1900). After him are Max Linder (1883), Pierre Bergé (1930), Étienne Cabet (1788), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), and Jean Gaston Darboux (1842).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Gérard Genette ranks 292. Before him are Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), James II of Majorca (1243), Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678), Charibert II (618), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), and Charles, Duke of Berry (1686). After him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754), Jean Bart (1650), Guy, Count of Flanders (1226), Walter Sans Avoir (1050), and Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311).

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