In Symbolism and Interpretation, Tzvetan Todorov examines two
aspects of discourse: its production, which has traditionally been
the domain of rhetoric, and its reception, which has always been
the object of hermeneutics. He analyzes the diverse theories of
symbolism and interpretation that have been elaborated over the
centuries and considers their contribution to a general theory of
verbal symbolism, discussing a wide range of thinkers, from the
Sanskrit philosophers and Aristotle to the German Romantics and
contemporary semioticians.
Todorov begins by examining general ideas of linguistic
symbolism and the interpretive process. He then turns to a detailed
consideration of two of the most influential and pervasive
interpretative strategies in Western thought: the patristic
exegesis of Augustine and Aquinas, and the philological exegesis
foreshadowed in the work of Spinoza, developed by Wolf, Ast,
Boeckh, and Lanson, and criticized by Schleiermacher. Todorov
clarifies in masterly fashion the intricacies of the many schools
of thought and refines the concepts crucial to critical theory
today, including the distinctions between language and discourse,
direct and indirect meaning, sign and symbol. Ably translated by
Catherine Porter, Symbolism and Interpretation provides a coherent
and innovative framework that is indispensable to the study of
semiotics, its history, and its future.
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