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London : I. B. Tauris, 1990. — 288 p. Introduction by Umberto Eco Preface Notes to Preface The text as a meaning-generating mechanism Three functions of the text Autocommunication: "I" and "Other" as addressees Rhetoric as a mechanism for meaning-generation Iconic rhetoric The text as process of movement: author to audience, author to text The symbol as plot-gene The symbol in the cultural system Notes to Part One The semiosphere Semiotic space The notion of boundary Dialogue mechanisms The semiosphere and the problem of plot Symbolic spaces Geographical space in Russian medieval texts The journey of Ulysses in Dante's Divine Comedy The 'home' in Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita The symbolism of St Petersburg Some conclusions Notes to Part Two Cultural memory, history and semiotics The problem of the historical fact Historical laws and the structure of the text An alternative: culture without literacy or culture « before culture? The role of typological symbols in the history of culture Can there be a science of history and what are its functions in the cultural system? Conclusion Notes to Part Three Index

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Author

Yuri M. Lotman

Publisher

I B Tauris & Co Ltd

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9781850432128

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Linguistics, Social_sciences