Culture and communication : signs in flux : an anthology of major and lesser-known works / by Yuri Lotman ; edited by Andreas Schönle ; translated from the Russian by Benjamin Paloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lotman, I︠U︡. M. (I︠U︡riĭ Mikhaĭlovich), 1922-1993, author.

Contributor:

Schönle, Andreas, editor.

Paloff, Benjamin, translator.

Series:

Cultural syllabus.

Cultural syllabus

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiotics.

Culture--Semiotic models.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 219 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Yuri Lotman (1922-1993) was one of the most prominent and influential scholars of the twentieth century working in the Soviet Union. A co-founder of the Tartu-Moscow school of semiotics, he applied his mind to a wide array of disciplines, from aesthetics to literary and cultural history, narrative theory to intellectual history, cinema to mythology. This collection provides a stand-alone primer to his intellectual legacy in both semiotics and cultural history. It includes new translations of some of his major pieces as well as works that have never been published in English. The collection brings Lotman into the orbit of contemporary concerns such as gender, memory, performance, world literature, and urban life. It is aimed at students from various disciplines and is augmented by an introduction and notes that elucidate the relevant contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Semiotics. From Universe of the Mind

From The Structure of the Artistic Text

From Culture and Explosion

Memory in a Culturological Light

The Language of Theater

Cultural history. The Role of Dual Models in the Dynamics of Russian Culture

The Symbolism of Petersburg and the Problems of Semiotics of the City

The Duel

A Woman's World.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64469-389-5

1-64469-388-7

OCLC:

1202624006