Poetics of Expressiveness: A Theory and Applications (Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe, Volume 18)

The volume presents for the first time in book form in English the work of two major representatives of the so-called Moscow-Tartu school. The Introduction outlines their project for a poetics of expressiveness against the background of the structural-semiotic movement of the '60s and '70s. Part I is a systematic exposition of the theory, concentrating on the concepts of theme, expressive device, poetic world, etc. Part II and III apply these concepts to a structuralist portrayal of Leo Tolstoy's tales for children (shown to be A War and Peace in miniature) and of the medieval Latin author Archpoet of Cologne (with special emphasis on his Mock Penitent). The volume is provided with a Bibliography of the poetics of expressiveness and a Glossary of its metalanguage. By Yuri Shcheglov And Alexander Zholkovsky ; Introduction, Glossary, Index, Bibliography, And General Editing By Alexander Zholkovsky. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [329]-344.