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Zusatztext 'The brilliance! precision and clarity with which Dr Culler conducts his argument make this a book which all those concerned with the analysis of literature should read.' - A.S. Byatt! Times Education Supplement Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Culler (1944- ). Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University, pioneered the application of semiotics to the study of literature in the English-speaking world. Klappentext A classic survey of structuralist literary criticism combined with a discussion about how English and American criticism might benefit from its lessons. Zusammenfassung A classic survey of structuralist literary criticism combined with a discussion about how English and American criticism might benefit from its lessons. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I Structuralism and Linguistic Models 1 The Linguistic Foundation 2 The Development of a Method: Two Examples 3 Jakobson's Poetic Analyses 4 Greimas and Structural Semantics 5 Linguistic Metaphors in Criticism PART II Poetics 6 Literary Competence 7 Convention and Naturalization 8 Poetics of the Lyric 9 Poetics of the Novel PART III Perspectives 10 'Beyond' Structuralism: Tel Quel 11 Conclusion: Structuralism and the Qualities of Literature
