The Structuralist controversy : the languages of criticism and the sciences of man

At a 1966 international symposium hosted by the Johns Hopkins University, many of the leading figures of European structuralist criticism first presented their ideas to the American academic community. Contents The Space Between-1971 Preface Macksey: Lions and Squares: Opening Remarks Girard: Tiresias and the Critic Morazé: Literary Invention Discussion Poulet: Criticism and the Experience of lnteriority II Donato: The Two Languages of Criticism Discussion Todorov: Language and Literature Barthes: To Write: An Intransitive Verb? Barthes-Todorov Discussion Hyppolite: The Structure of Philosophic Language according Discussion Lacan: Of Structure as an Inmixing Discussion Rosolato: The Voice and the Literary Myth Discussion Dyson-Hudson: Structure and Infra-structure Comments Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play Discussion Vernant: Greek Tragedy: Problems of Interpretation Discussion Ruwet: Linguistics and Poetics Discussion About the Participants Colloquists Index Although its original applications were in linguistic and anthropology, structuralism has also cut across sociology, history, philosophy, psychiatry, criticism, the comparative study of arts and letters, classical studies, and other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The present volume is a full record of the proceedings of an international symposium. Participating were many of the leading figure of the structuralist dialogue- Barthes, Derrida, Lacan, Goldman, and the late Jean Hyppolite - and thus the volume is a useful demonstration of the movement, its aims and methods Edited By Richard Macksey And Eugenio Donato. A Republication Of An Edited Transcript Of The Proceedings Of An International Symposium, Held Oct. 18-21, 1966, In Baltimore Under The Auspices Of The Humanities Center Of Johns Hopkins University. Originally Published, 1970, As The Languages Of Criticism And The Sciences Of Man--t.p. Verso. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 337-339.