Figures of sanctity. Semiotics, sacred texts and theory of culture
In A.J. Greimas' generative semiotics an element in a text is considered figurative (i.e., it is a "figure") if it has a counterpart in the natural world. Greimas uses the expression 'natural world' (taken, mutatis mutandis, from Merleau-Ponty) to refer to the world of sense...
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Main Author: | Paolo Bertetti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associazione Ocula
2024-12-01
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Online Access: | https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-31-BERTETTI-Figures-of-sanctity-semiotics-sacred-texts-and-theory-of-cultu |
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