{"product_id":"meaning-and-textuality-2","title":"Meaning and Textuality","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorically there has been a wide gulf between European and Anglo\/American thought on the philosophy of language, in part because it is often difficult to find important European works in English translation. \u003cem\u003eMeaning and Textuality\u003c\/em\u003e represents key elements of the ground-breaking new theory on signs and discourse that has come out of Europe in the last few decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeaning and Textuality\u003c\/em\u003e is an investigation into methods useful to the analysis of language and literature. Rastier seeks ways to better understand signs, with emphasis on their relation to action and culture. He proposes a theoretical framework for the semantic description and typology of texts. Towards this end he establishes a critical debate among various streams of research before arriving at a synthesis of literary semiotics, thematics, and linguistic semantics. The author sees this synthesis as a means by which to reconcile the rigour of linguistic analysis with the complexity of literary interpretation. In the later portion of the book he tests his propositions in a series of detailed investigations of French literary texts by Zola, Maupassant, Mallarmé, Apollinaire, and Jodelle. Each study examines a new problem such as narrative ambiguity or referential impression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will be welcomed by scholars in any discipline concerned with discourse analysis and the close reading of texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"\u003cP\u003eBy François Rastier\u003c\/P\u003e \u003cP\u003eTranslated by Frank Collins and Paul Perron\u003c\/P\u003e","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55075339633020,"sku":"9781442664838","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442664838_739c1c15-a8dc-4650-8dff-db7e9dedccef.jpg?v=1743626417","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/meaning-and-textuality-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}