The Fate of Meaning : Charles Peirce, Structuralism, and Literature /

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This succinct and lucid study examines the thought of the philosopher Charles Peirce as it applies to literary theory and shows that his concept of the sign can give us a fresh understanding of literary art and criticism. John Sheriff analyzes the treatment of determinate meaning and contends that a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Sheriff, John K., 1944- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Peirce, Charles S. > (Charles Sanders), > 1839-1914.
Peirce, Charles S. > (Charles Sanders), > 1839-1914 > Influence.
Semiotics and literature.
Meaning (Psychology)
Literature > Philosophy.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Hermeneutics.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
hermeneutics.
Semiotique et litterature.
Signification (Psychologie)
Hermeneutique.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • One. Beginning With Saussure: The Sentence-Text Analogy
  • Two. The Reader/Text as Indeterminate
  • Three. Meaning Endlessly Deferred
  • Four. Starting Over: Pence's Theory of Signs
  • Five. Art: Meaning as a Sign of Possibility
  • Six. Criticism: Meaning as a Sign of Fact
  • Seven. Theory: Meaning as a Sign of Reason
  • Index.

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