London : I. B. Tauris, 1990. — 288 p.Introduction by Umberto Eco
Preface
Notes to Preface
The text as a meaning-generating mechanism
Three functions of the text
Autocommunication: "I" and "Other" as addressees
Rhetoric as a mechanism for meaning-generation
Iconic rhetoric
The text as process of movement: author to audience,
author to text
The symbol as plot-gene
The symbol in the cultural system
Notes to Part One
The semiosphere
Semiotic space
The notion of boundary
Dialogue mechanisms
The semiosphere and the problem of plot
Symbolic spaces
Geographical space in Russian medieval texts
The journey of Ulysses in Dante's Divine Comedy
The 'home' in Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
The symbolism of St Petersburg
Some conclusions
Notes to Part Two
Cultural memory, history and semiotics
The problem of the historical fact
Historical laws and the structure of the text
An alternative: culture without literacy or culture «
before culture?
The role of typological symbols in the history of
culture
Can there be a science of history and what are its
functions in the cultural system?
Conclusion
Notes to Part Three
Index
