Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 361 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 600 g
A Theory and Application
Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 361 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 600 g
Reihe: Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe
ISBN: 978-90-272-1522-2
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
The volume presents for the first time in book form in English the work of two major representatives of the so-called Moscow-Tartu school. The Introduction outlines their project for a poetics of expressiveness against the background of the structural-semiotic movement of the '60s and '70s. Part I is a systematic exposition of the theory, concentrating on the concepts of theme, expressive device, poetic world, etc. Part II and III apply these concepts to a structuralist portrayal of Leo Tolstoy's tales for children (shown to be A War and Peace in miniature) and of the medieval Latin author Archpoet of Cologne (with special emphasis on his Mock Penitent). The volume is provided with a Bibliography of the poetics of expressiveness and a Glossary of its metalanguage.
