Introduction: Semiotics and Culture

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Introduction: Semiotics and Culture 1
5. The Notion of the Sign in Japanese Tradition 25
6. Creative Interpretation of the Text and the Japanese Mentality 33
7. Characters that Represent, Reflect, and Translate Culture in the Context of the Revolution in Modern Art 57
8. The Images of Japanese Landscapes: A Typological Approach 85
9. Semiosis in Architecture: A Systemic Analysis of the Traditional Towntextures in Japan 101
10. Intertextuality in Japanese Traditional Music 139
11. The “Forbidden Chamber” Motif in a Japanese Fairy Tale 157
12. Aspects of Japanese Nonverbal Behavior in Relation to Traditional Culture 181
13. Cosmological Dimension of the Japanese Theater 219
14. Literary Semiotics of Suburban Houses 241
15. The Ghost Trio: Beckett, Yeats, and Noh 257
16. A Semiotic Approach to the Role of Paritta in the Buddhist Ritual 269
17. ‘Do-language’ and ‘Become-language’: Two Contrasting Types of Linguistic Representation 285
18. Index 327