Schriften Zu Literatur Und Theater: Ausgew. u. Nachw. v. David Nelting

Since the 1960s, Cesare Segre, founder of the 'Pavia school', has figured among the Italian semioticians of international renown. The volume presents a selection of his writings from the last 20 years. Central topics are the semiotic approach to medieval European literature and culture, the development of a semiotics of drama from Shakespeare to Pirandello, and theoretical contemplations and case studies on modern narratology and literary criticism from hermeneutics to American deconstructionism.