Saussurean Linguistics

The twentieth century saw the rise of so many
literary theories in the West which grew up and
developed under the profound influence of Saussurean
linguistics presented in the seminal work of the
Course in General Linguistics (1916). The influence
is actually constituted by the basic conceptions of
Saussurean linguistics. This book aims at presenting
each of the Saussurean basic conceptions, displaying
how these conceptions have been applied to the
literary theories, and analyzing the causes of the
impact. This book will be useful to those who are
interested in both Saussurean linguistics and its
impact on literary theories.

Autorentext

Hongyu Zhao is associate professor in linguistics at DalianMaritime University in China. He received his PhD from School ofForeign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Klappentext

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.