The Semiotics of Discourse - Bostic, Heidi
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Jacques Fontanille's The Semiotics of Discourse fills a long-standing need for a clear, comprehensive overview of narrative semiotic theory. The book skillfully blends a historical perspective with an emphasis on recent developments. Outstanding features include a clear, thorough exposition; numerous examples drawn from sports, cooking, and literature; a balance of introductory overview and detailed analysis; figures that graphically represent the ideas expressed; and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter. The book will be of interest to both scholars and students in…mehr

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Jacques Fontanille's The Semiotics of Discourse fills a long-standing need for a clear, comprehensive overview of narrative semiotic theory. The book skillfully blends a historical perspective with an emphasis on recent developments. Outstanding features include a clear, thorough exposition; numerous examples drawn from sports, cooking, and literature; a balance of introductory overview and detailed analysis; figures that graphically represent the ideas expressed; and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter. The book will be of interest to both scholars and students in semiotics, linguistics, literary theory, and the study of narrative.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Jacques Fontanille is President of the Université de Limoges in France, where he is also Professor of Linguistics and Semiotics. He holds the Chair in Semiotics at the Institut Universitaire de France. He is the author of several books, including Le Savoir partagé (1987), Sémiotique du visible (1995), Sémiotique et littérature (1999), and Soma & séma (2004). He is co-author, with Algirdas Julien Greimas, of The Semiotics of Passions (1993) and co-author, with Claude Zilberberg, of Tension et signification (1998). The Translator: Heidi Bostic holds a Ph.D. in French from Purdue University in Indiana and a Diplôme d'études approfondies en Sciences du langage from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in France. She is Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Gender Studies at Michigan Technological University. She is the author of several articles on French literature, feminist theory, and semiotics. Her published translations include Luce Irigaray's book

The Way of Love (2003).