The Fate of Meaning : : Charles Peirce, Structuralism, and Literature / / John K. Sheriff.
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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Sheriff, John K., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Fate of Meaning : Charles Peirce, Structuralism, and Literature / John K. Sheriff. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014] ©1989 1 online resource (168 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Legacy Library ; 963 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Fate of Meaning in Structuralist Literary Theory -- One. Beginning With Saussure: The Sentence-Text Analogy -- Two. The Reader/Text as Indeterminate -- Three. Meaning Endlessly Deferred -- Part Two. Meaning is a Triadic Relation -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 as long as we cling to a notion of language that begins with Saussure's dyadic definition of signs, meaning cannot be treated as such any more than can essence or presence. Asserting that Peirce's less familiar position offers a way out of this difficulty, Sheriff first discusses the Saussurean-based theory of meaning and then argues for the advantages of the radically different triadic theory developed by Peirce.Part One of the work reviews and critiques the treatment of meaning in works by Jonathan Culler, Tzvetan Todorov, Stanley Fish, Roland Barthes, and Jacques Derrida, among others. The focus of this section is on the treatment of meaning in structural and post-structural theories and their common basis in Saussurean linguistics. Part Two provides a readable introduction to Peirce's general theory of signs and develops comprehensively the implications of his semiotic. The substitution of his theory for Saussure's opens our eyes to new and cogent answers to many questions relevant to the meaning of texts.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 9783110413441 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package Literature 9783110413533 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691601298 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400859979 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400859979 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400859979.jpg |
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