Poetics of expressiveness : a theory and applications
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Poetics of expressiveness : a theory and applications
(Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe, v. 18)
J. Benjamins Pub., 1987
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-344) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Poetics Of Expressiveness: An Introduction
- 2. Part One. Theory: Concepts towards a theory of literary competence
- 3. Introductory remarks
- 4. 1. Basic concepts of the poetics of expressiveness
- 5. 2. Elementary expressive devices
- 6. 3. On VARIATION
- 7. 4. On PRESAGE
- 8. 5. On RECOIL
- 9. 6. On poetic worlds
- 10. Part Two. Two Applications
- 11. I Ex ungue leonem: Leo Tolstoy's children's stories as an echo of his major works. (A study in thematic invariance)
- 12. Introductory remarks
- 13. 7. Deep structure
- 14. 8. Surface structure
- 15. II The Archpoet of Cologne's arch poetics: Deep and surface structures of his "Confession" in service of an ambivalent theme
- 16. Introductory remarks
- 17. 9. Theme and deep design
- 18. 10. Deep structure
- 19. 11. Surface structure
- 20. Appendix
- 21. Abbreviations
- 22. Bibliography
- 23. References
- 24. Glossary
- 25. Index
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