Saussurean Linguistics : The Impact of Saussure's Basic Conceptions on Formalistic Study of Western Literature

ISBN-13: 9783639174779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 220 str.

Hongyu Zhao

Opis

The twentieth century saw the rise of so manyliterary theories in the West which grew up anddeveloped under the profound influence of Saussureanlinguistics presented in the seminal work of theCourse in General Linguistics (1916). The influenceis actually constituted by the basic conceptions ofSaussurean linguistics. This book aims at presentingeach of the Saussurean basic conceptions, displayinghow these conceptions have been applied to theliterary theories, and analyzing the causes of theimpact. This book will be useful to those who areinterested in both Saussurean linguistics and itsimpact on literary theories.

O autorze

Hongyu Zhao is associate professor in linguistics at Dalian
Maritime University in China. He received his PhD from School of
Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.