Historically there has been a wide gulf between European and
Anglo/American thought on the philosophy of language, in part
because it is often difficult to find important European works in
English translation. Meaning and Textuality represents key elements
of the ground-breaking new theory on signs and discourse that has
come out of Europe in the last few decades.
Meaning and Textuality is an investigation into methods useful
to the analysis of language and literature. Rastier seeks ways to
better understand signs, with emphasis on their relation to action
and culture. He proposes a theoretical framework for the semantic
description and typology of texts. Towards this end he establishes
a critical debate among various streams of research before arriving
at a synthesis of literary semiotics, thematics, and linguistic
semantics. The author sees this synthesis as a means by which to
reconcile the rigour of linguistic analysis with the complexity of
literary interpretation. In the later portion of the book he tests
his propositions in a series of detailed investigations of French
literary texts by Zola, Maupassant, Mallarm?, Apollinaire, and
Jodelle. Each study examines a new problem such as narrative
ambiguity or referential impression.
This book will be welcomed by scholars in any discipline
concerned with discourse analysis and the close reading of
texts.
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