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Poetics of Expressiveness
A Theory and Application
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.
[Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe, 18] 1987. ix, 361 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 7 November 2011
Published online on 7 November 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Poetics Of Expressiveness: An Introduction
- Part One. Theory: Concepts towards a theory of literary competence
- Introductory remarks
- 1. Basic concepts of the poetics of expressiveness
- 2. Elementary expressive devices
- 3. On VARIATION
- 4. On PRESAGE
- 5. On RECOIL
- 6. On poetic worlds
- Part Two. Two Applications
- I Ex ungue leonem: Leo Tolstoy's children's stories as an echo of his major works. (A study in thematic invariance)
- Introductory remarks
- 7. Deep structure
- 8. Surface structure
- II The Archpoet of Cologne's arch poetics: Deep and surface structures of his “Confession” in service of an ambivalent theme
- Introductory remarks
- 9. Theme and deep design
- 10. Deep structure
- 11. Surface structure
- Appendix
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Index
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