Theories of the Symbol: Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tzvetan Todorov, Catherine Porter (Translator)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:1982-05-31Pages:302
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9780801411922ISBN-10:801411920UPC:9780801411922Book Category:Reference, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Questions & Answers, Semiotics & Theory, LinguisticsBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3603Product ID:SCSGM471P1
Theories of the Symbol: Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture
Focusing on theories of verbal symbolism, Tzvetan Todorov here presents a history of semiotics. From an account of the semiotic doctrines embodied in the works of classical rhetoric to an exploration of representative modern concepts of the symbol found in ethnology, psychoanalysis, linguistics, and poetics, Todorov examines the rich tradition of sign theory. In the course of his discussion...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9780801411922ISBN-10:801411920UPC:9780801411922Book Category:Reference, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Questions & Answers, Semiotics & Theory, LinguisticsBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3603Product ID:SCSGM471P1
Todorov, Tzvetan: - Tzvetan Todorov is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. A native of Bulgaria living in France for over four decades, he is among the most influential literary and cultural theorists writing today. Among his many books available in English translation are The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre, Theories of the...
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