A01=John K. Sheriff
Analogy
Antinomy
Antithesis
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Binary opposition
Category of being
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Concept
Consciousness
Contingency (philosophy)
Criticism
Critique
Critique of Judgment
Deconstruction
Delusion
Denotation
Denotation (semiotics)
Differance
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Essay
Existence
Explanation
Falsity
Form of life (philosophy)
Genre
Inductive reasoning
Inquiry
Intentionality
Interpretant
Ipso facto
Irony
J. L. Austin
Jacques Derrida
Language game
Langue and parole
Literary theory
Literature
Metafiction
Metaphor
Narrative
Nominalism
Objectivity (philosophy)
Of Grammatology
Ontology
Phenomenon
Philosophy
Positivism
Post-structuralism
Potentiality and actuality
Pragmaticism
Prediction
Presupposition
Reality
Relativism
Semantics
Semiotics
Signified and signifier
Structuralism
Subjectivism
Subjectivity
Subtitle (captioning)
Suggestion
Symbol
Terminology
The Meaning of Meaning
Theory
Theory of Forms
Thought
Train of thought
Transcendental idealism
Uncertainty
Understanding
Writing
Product details
- ISBN 9780691631035
- Weight: 397g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Apr 2016
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This succinct and lucid study examines the thought of the philosopher Charles Peirce as it applies to literary theory and shows that his concept of the sign can give us a fresh understanding of literary art and criticism. John Sheriff analyzes the treatment of determinate meaning and contends that as long as we cling to a notion of language that begins with Saussure's dyadic definition of signs, meaning cannot be treated as such any more than can essence or presence. Asserting that Peirce's less familiar position offers a way out of this difficulty, Sheriff first discusses the Saussurean-based theory of meaning and then argues for the advantages of the radically different triadic theory developed by Peirce. Part One of the work reviews and critiques the treatment of meaning in works by Jonathan Culler, Tzvetan Todorov, Stanley Fish, Roland Barthes, and Jacques Derrida, among others. The focus of this section is on the treatment of meaning in structural and post-structural theories and their common basis in Saussurean linguistics. Part Two provides a readable introduction to Peirce's general theory of signs and develops comprehensively the implications of his semiotic.
The substitution of his theory for Saussure's opens our eyes to new and cogent answers to many questions relevant to the meaning of texts. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
