The Rise of Semio-Narratology
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Henry Yiheng Zhao
Yiheng Zhao (b. 1943) is a professor of semiotics and President of the Institute of Semiotics and Media Studies, College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University. His research fields are semiotics, narratology, and comparative literature and his recent books include:
Semiotics: Principles and problems (2011) ,General narratology (2013) ,Philosophical semiotics: The coming into being of the world of meaning (2017) .Xiaoli Fang (b. 1981) is an associate professor in the English Department, Sichuan University. Her recent academic interests mainly include narratology and American literature. She's published a research book,
Narrative theory and practice: From classical narratology to semio-narratology (2016), and translated Professor Paul Cobley' book,Narrative into Chinese (2017).
Abstract
Yiheng Zhao is an eminent scholar of narratology and semiotics and a distinguished professor at Sichuan University. In this interview, Professor Zhao describes how semio-narratology is rising in China. He talks about his lifelong studies of form, including narratology, semiotics, and the theory of meaning, which can be called his “meaning trilogy,” corresponding to his three books, A general narratology, Semiotics, and Philosophical semiotics: The coming into being of the world of meaning. Zhao especially introduces his insightful ideas on the development of narratology and social semiotics and how he applies semiotic theory to narratology to build the interdisciplinary discipline of a general narratology, aka semio-narratology. Meanwhile Professor Zhao also shares his research methods and experience. He believes that scholars have to keep making breakthroughs and innovations and each make their own way.
About the authors
Yiheng Zhao (b. 1943) is a professor of semiotics and President of the Institute of Semiotics and Media Studies, College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University. His research fields are semiotics, narratology, and comparative literature and his recent books include: Semiotics: Principles and problems (2011), General narratology (2013), Philosophical semiotics: The coming into being of the world of meaning (2017).
Xiaoli Fang (b. 1981) is an associate professor in the English Department, Sichuan University. Her recent academic interests mainly include narratology and American literature. She's published a research book, Narrative theory and practice: From classical narratology to semio-narratology (2016), and translated Professor Paul Cobley' book, Narrative into Chinese (2017).
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- Frontmatter
- In Memoriam: Eliseo Fernández
- Cultural Signs and Sign Theories
- A Semiotic Interpretation of Online Selfie Culture
- Japanese Semiotic Studies in China
- Semiosphere and Solitary World
- Creating Society in Orwell’s 1984
- Analysis of the Buddhist Conversion of Great Sage
- The Rise of Semio-Narratology
- Book Reviews
- Semiotics: Principles and problems
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