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Columbia University Press eBooks· 2024

Revolution in Poetic Language

Julia Kristeva

Short summary

Julia Kristeva introduces her core concepts of the semiotic and symbolic, exploring their interplay and challenging established linguistic, psychoanalytic, philosophical, and literary theories.

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Key points

  • Introduces and defines the semiotic and symbolic in language.
  • Explores the connection between psychosomatic states, literature, and politics.
  • Challenges foundational premises in linguistics, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and literary theory.

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Abstract

Julia Kristeva explicates her foundational distinction between the semiotic and the symbolic and explores their interrelationships. Linking the psychosomatic to the literary and the literary to a larger political horizon, she questions the premises of linguistic, psychoanalytic, philosophical, and literary theories.

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Field: Communication

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