Culture and Communication : : Signs in Flux. An Anthology of Major and Lesser-Known Works / / Yuri Lotman; ed. by Andreas Schönle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Lotman, Yuri,
• MitwirkendeR: Paloff, Benjamin,; Schönle, Andreas,
• HerausgeberIn: Schönle, Andreas,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Cultural Syllabus
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)

Yuri Lotman (1922-1993) was one of the most prominent and influential scholars of the twentieth century working in the Soviet Union. A co-founder of the Tartu-Moscow school of semiotics, he applied his mind to a wide array of disciplines, from aesthetics to literary and cultural history, narrative theory to intellectual history, cinema to mythology. This collection provides a stand-alone primer to his intellectual legacy in both semiotics and cultural history. It includes new translations of some of his major pieces as well as works that have never been published in English. The collection brings Lotman into the orbit of contemporary concerns such as gender, memory, performance, world literature, and urban life. It is aimed at students from various disciplines and is augmented by an introduction and notes that elucidate the relevant contexts.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Text -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Translator’s Note -- Part One: SEMIOTICS -- 1. From Universe of the Mind -- 2. From The Structure of the Artistic Text -- 3. From Culture and Explosion -- 4. Memory in a Culturological Light -- 5. The Language of Theater -- Part Two. CULTURAL HISTORY -- 6. The Role of Dual Models in the Dynamics of Russian Culture -- 7. The Symbolism of Petersburg and the Problems of Semiotics of the City -- 8. The Duel -- 9. A Woman’s World -- Notes -- Index