Structuralism and Semiotics / Edition 2

by Terence Hawkes

Overview

Published in 1977 as the first volume in the New Accents series, Structuralism and Semiotics made crucial debates in critical theory accessible to those with no prior knowledge of the field. Since then a generation of readers has used the book as an entry not only into structuralism and semiotics, but into the wide range of cultural and critical theories underpinned by these approaches.
It remains the clearest introduction to some of the most important topics in modern critical theory. A new afterword and fresh suggestions for further reading complete this new edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415321532
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/17/2003
Series:	New Accents
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

About the Author

Terence Hawkes is Emeritus Professor of English at Cardiff University. He is the author of a number of books on literary theory and on Shakespeare, including That Shakespeherian Rag (1986), Meaning by Shakespeare (1992) and Shakespeare in the Present (2002). He is General Editor of New Accents and of the Accents on Shakespeare series, also published by Routledge, and was the founding Editor of Textual Practice.

Table of Contents

General Editor’s Preface 1 Introduction Vico; Piaget; Structuralism2 Linguistics and Anthropology 3 The Structures of Literature 4 A Science of Signs 5 Conclusions: New ‘New Criticism’ For Old ‘New Criticism’?