Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. The Humanities, Criticism, And Semiotics 1
5. 2. Toward A Semiotics Of Literature 17
6. 3. Semiotics Of The Poetic Text 37
7. 4. Narration And Narrativity In Film And Fiction 57
8. 5. A Semiotic Approach To Irony In Drama And Fiction 73
9. 6. Semiotic Approaches To Joyce's "Eveline" 87
10. 7. Decoding Papa: "A Very Short Story" As Work And Text 110
11. 8. Uncoding Mama: The Female Body As Text 127
12. Glossary Of Semiotic Terminology 143
13. Select Bibliography 151
14. Index 157