UID:
almahu_9949178881602882
Format:
1 online resource (371 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-32844-5
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9786613328441
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90-272-7894-6
Series Statement:
Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe (LLSEE), v. 18
Content:
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 Arc
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
,
pt. 1. Theory -- pt. 2. Two applications.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-1522-7
Language:
English
