Showing papers in "Modern Language Review in 1984"
TL;DR: The Pursuit of Signs as discussed by the authors is one of the first books to explore the closed world of literary criticism, and it has had a profound impact on the development of literary theory.
Abstract: To gain a deeper understanding of the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism, The Pursuit of Signs is a must. In a world increasingly mediated, it offers insights into our ways of consuming texts that are both brilliant and bold. Dancing through semiotics, reader-response criticism, the value of the apostrophe and much more, Jonathan Culler opens up for every reader the closed world of literary criticism. Its impact on first publication, in 1981, was immense; now, as Mieke Bal notes, 'the book has the same urgency and acuity that it had then', though today it has even wider implications: 'with the interdisciplinary turn taking hold, literary theory itself, through this book, becomes a much more widespread tool for cultural analysis'.
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TL;DR: On the Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature as mentioned in this paper, is a book about the relationship between art and literature, with a focus on art and philosophy.
Abstract: The Description for this book, On the Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature, will be forthcoming.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the legible body of LeBrun is represented as a sign of style or sign, and Diderot and the image as a symbol of the pursuit of happiness.
Abstract: List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Discourse, figure 2. The legible body: LeBrun 3. Watteau and reverie 4. Transformations in rococo space 5. Greuze and the pursuit of happiness 6. Diderot and the word 7. Diderot and the image 8. 1785 Conclusion: style or sign? Notes List of societies affiliated to CINOA Select bibliography Index.
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TL;DR: In this article, Olsson presents an exploration of the concept in the Life and Novels of George Eliot and explores the rootlessness of roots and rootlessness in the life and novels of Georgiana Middleton.
Abstract: 1. Introduction: Imaginative Literature and the Geographer Douglas C. D. Pocock 2. Of Truth of Clouds: John Ruskin and the Moral order in Landscape Denis Cosgrove and John E. Thornes 3. Literature and 'Reality': The Transformation of the Jutland Heath Kenneth Robert Olwig 4. Consiousness and the Novel: Fact or Fiction in the Wors of D. H. Lawrence Ian G. Cook 5. Newcomers, Existential Outsiders and Insiders: Their Portrayal in Two Books by Doris Lessing David Seamon 6. Roots and Rootlessness: An Exploration of the Concept in the Life and Novels of George Eliot Catherine A. Middleton 7. On Yearning for Home: An Epistemological View of Ontological Transformations Gunnar Olsson 8. Literature and the Fashioning of Tourist Taste Peter T. Newby 9. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as a Primer for an Exploration of Image and Place Howard F. Andrews 12. George Crabbe's Suffolk Scenes Hugh C. Prince 13. Shropshire: Reality and Symbol in the Work of May Webb John H. Paterson and Evangeline Paterson
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TL;DR: In this article, the role of a calendrier for commemoration des evenements personnels importants de la vie de P. Le C. joue sporadiquement le role d'un calendrrier pour commemorer des EVENMENTS personnels, and peut aussi fournir une justification calendaire encore inconnue for chaque evenement de l'annee.
Abstract: Le C. joue sporadiquement le role d'un calendrier pour commemorer des evenements personnels importants de la vie de P. Il peut aussi fournir une justification calendaire encore inconnue pour chaque evenement de l'annee.
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TL;DR: The Colonel's defiant refusal to part with his cherished fighting cock, however serious the consequences, pays tribute to the resilience of human nature and man's will to survive in the face of heavy odds as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been described as the greatest writer in Spanish since Cervantes, and El coronel no tiene quien le escriba is considered to be one of his best works. This reflective and atmospheric novel is set in a small Colombian town where the frustrated and stubborn Colonel, a veteran of the 'War of a Thousand Days', is still, after thirty years, waiting for the letter authorising payment of his war pension. The old soldier and his wife mourn the brutal killing of their only son, and the story of their struggle against poverty and sickness culminates in the Colonel's defiant refusal to part with his cherished fighting cock, however serious the consequences. The moving narrative pays tribute to the resilience of human nature and man's will to survive in the face of heavy odds. The novel also throws light on the turbulent religious and political troubles in Latin America. Now revised to include an updated chronology and bibliography, Giovanni Pontiero's acclaimed critical edition provides English-speaking students with an introduction to, and notes on the text, and a selected vocabulary.
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TL;DR: In this article, the Edenic metaphor is used to describe a journey through the escape hatch of a black swan, a metaphor for the escape from despair in the life of an exile.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. From Indians to Indianism 2. The songs of an exile: Antonio Goncalves Dias 3. The novelist as matchmaker: Jose de Alencar 4. The poet as slave: Antonio de Castro Alves 5. A journey through the escape hatch: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis 6. The black swan: Joao da Cruz e Sousa 7. From despair to Modernism 8. The harlequin: Mario de Andrade Conclusion: the Edenic metaphor Notes Selected bibliography Index.
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TL;DR: Bien souvent, les textes du Moyen Age pretendent relating des faits vrais as discussed by the authors, bien que la declaration dogmatique "ici est la verite" soit d'une grande importance dans tout texte narratif.
Abstract: Bien souvent, les textes du Moyen Age pretendent relater des faits vrais. Cette affirmation de veracite n'avait attire que peu ou prou l'attention, bien que la declaration dogmatique "ici est la Verite" soit d'une grande importance dans tout texte narratif.
C'est la verite qui distingue l'Histoire de la fable et celle que l'auteur remet ici en cause. Madame Beer se penche particulierement sur les textes de Guillaume de Poitiers, Guillaume de Jumieres, La Gesta Francorum, Villehardouin, Robert de Clari, Li fets des Romains, Marie de France et Guillaume de Machaut.
TL;DR: In this article, twelve essays by outstanding authorities in Nordic medieval studies are presented, ranging from treatment of broad aspects of the Edda, to consideration of single poems, to analysis of parts of specific works.
Abstract: Twelve essays are presented by outstanding authorities in Nordic medieval studies and range from treatment of broad aspects of the Edda, to consideration of single poems, to analysis of parts of specific works. An attractive and important collection for every scholar of Old Scandinavian.
TL;DR: In this article, a poging gedaan de functie van de beschrijving in al dan niet literaire teksten vanuit een tot nu toe veronachtzaamde gezichtshoek.
Abstract: In deze studie, waarvan enkele hoofdstukken reeds in een enigszins andere vorm als artikelen verschenen zijn, wordt een poging gedaan de functie van de beschrijving in al dan niet literaire teksten te benaderen vanuit een tot nu toe veronachtzaamde gezichtshoek, namelijk het effect dat deze tekstcomponent heeft op een individuele lezer. ... Zie: Samenvatting