Poetics of Expressiveness
| Author | : I?Uri? Konstantinovich Shcheglov |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 373 |
| Release | : 1987-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789027215222 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9027215227 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (227 Downloads) |
Download or read book Poetics of Expressiveness written by I?Uri? Konstantinovich Shcheglov and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
