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Poetics of expressiveness
A theory and application
Abstract
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.
Publication details
Publisher: Benjamins
Place: Amsterdam
Year: 1987
Pages: 361, ix
Series: Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe
Series volume: 18
DOI: 10.1075/llsee.18
ISBN (hardback): 9789027215222
Full citation:
Ščeglov Jurij, Žolkovskij Alexander (1987) Poetics of expressiveness: A theory and application. Amsterdam, Benjamins.