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Redefining Literary Semiotics

Redefining Literary Semiotics. Edited by: Veivo, Harri; Ljungberg, C; Johansen, J D (2009). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars' Press.

Abstract

This volume marks a shift. For it reveals how literary semiotics at present has moved toward methodological pluralism. The sharp lines of division, especially between the two most dominant approaches, those of C.S. Peirce and Ferdinand de Saussure, have dissolved and a manifest synergy has emerged from the deepening appreciating that the focal concern of literary scholarship is irreducibly heterogeneous. This heterogeneity necessitates a variety of approaches. The significance of literary texts is neither entirely identifiable with authorial intention nor susceptible to empirical verification. Even so, the possibility of shared meaning and mutual understanding, whether or not acknowledged, animates the work of literary scholars. Approaches and theories in which communication and representation are explained, rather than explained away, deserve a fuller hearing than they have received in the recent past. The contributors to this volume highlight the communicative functions of literary texts and, more controversially, the representational possibilities secured by literary production.

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Item Type:Edited Scientific Work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > English Department
Dewey Decimal Classification:820 English & Old English literatures
Language:English
Date:September 2009
Deposited On:23 Dec 2009 08:28
Last Modified:15 Apr 2021 14:01
Publisher:Cambridge Scholars' Press
Number of Pages:255
ISBN:978-1-4438-0499-8
OA Status:Closed
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