Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel by Robert Humphrey is a foundational study that clarifies one of the most elusive terms in modern literary criticism.
Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel by Robert Humphrey is a foundational study that clarifies one of the most elusive terms in modern literary criticism.
In this book, pre-eminent semiotician Arthur Asa Berger decodes the meanings of common objects of consumption and their perceived 'sacredness' in consumerist cultures.
The Anatomy of Drama by Alan Reynolds Thompson argues that drama, as an art form, is essential to the vitality of civilization, especially during times of global upheaval.
Combining the resources of new historicism, feminism, and postmodern textual analysis, Eric Mallin reveals how contemporary pressures left their marks on three Shakespeare plays written at the end of Elizabeths reign.
Literary Transvaluation: From Vergilian Epic to Shakespearean Tragicomedy is a meticulous exploration of literary influence, focusing on how Shakespeares works, especially Antony and Cleopatra, engage in a profound reimagining of Vergil's Aeneid.
Literary Transvaluation: From Vergilian Epic to Shakespearean Tragicomedy is a meticulous exploration of literary influence, focusing on how Shakespeares works, especially Antony and Cleopatra, engage in a profound reimagining of Vergil's Aeneid.
Tristram Shandy's World: Sterne's Philosophical Rhetoric by John Traugott offers a major reappraisal of Laurence Sterne's most provocative work, arguing that Tristram Shandy is less a ';novel' than a sustained rhetorical performance.
Tristram Shandy's World: Sterne's Philosophical Rhetoric by John Traugott offers a major reappraisal of Laurence Sterne's most provocative work, arguing that Tristram Shandy is less a ';novel' than a sustained rhetorical performance.
Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim and conquer each land mass they encountered was absolutely unquestioned by their countrymen.
This sequel to Harvey Goldman's well-received Max Weber and Thomas Mann continues his rich exploration of the political and cultural critiques embodied in the more mature writings of these two authors.
Russ Castronovo underscores the inherent contradictions between Americas founding principles of freedom and the reality of slavery in a book that probes mid-nineteenth-century representations of the founding fathers.
A pesar de los avances de la neurociencia y de las ciencias cognitivas en los últimos cincuenta años, el estudio de la percepción abarca un campo en el que todavía no se dispone de una teoría unificada desde la cual se pueda dar cuenta de todos los fenómenos y procesos involucrados.
This book examines how sociopolitical and intercultural ideologies surrounding globalisation and neoliberalism are constructed and negotiated in travel documentaries, focusing on the role of the BBC in reproducing neo-imperialistic and neoliberal values.
Se puede decir que la pregunta central de cualquier propuesta semiótica (del estructuralismo europeo a la semeiótica peirceana, del culturalismo lotmaniano al cognitivismo de la Escuela de Árhus) es en qué consiste la significación.
Desde muy antiguo la lengua humana se presentó como un sistema de sonidos y signos comunicativos, que varían mucho según las circunstancias históricas de épocas y lugares.
En 2002, un grupo de profesores de semiótica del departamento de Humanidades de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano empezó a conformar un grupo de estudio dedicado a analizar diferentes facetas de la denominada ciencia de los signos .
This is the first systematic study of language conflict in a developing society and of its consequences for the integrational processes of nation building.
This collection highlights a range of perspectives on the emerging body of research on evolutionary pragmatics, expanding the borders of language evolution research and indicating exciting new directions for the future of the field.
This book represents a unique collaborative effort to bring together the multiple aspects of the semiotics of images into a coherent approach based on Greimasian and post-Greimasian theory.
This book examines how people around the world have articulated and shaped their experiences of COVID-19 through a sociolinguistic phenomenon known as magical thinking.
La integración conceptual es una operación mental básica, en virtud de la cual se crea una red de espacios mentales que están relacionados de varios modos.
