This work is part of a study conducted with twelve "disciples" of Greimas about possible "black b... more This work is part of a study conducted with twelve "disciples" of Greimas about possible "black boxes" in his semiotics. The investigation sought to answer the following questions: Did "black boxes" exist? If they did, what were they, and what do Greimas' followers have to say about them? Initiated in 2014, the project on "Black boxes" and the importance of French semiotics in the analysis of verbal, non-verbal, and syncretic discourse lasted seven years. The research methods included reading articles and books, and interviewing semioticians such as Thomas Broden, José Luiz
Resumen: La biografía intelectual del lingüista, semiótico y mitólogo A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) a... more Resumen: La biografía intelectual del lingüista, semiótico y mitólogo A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) actualmente en preparación por el autor plantea cuestiones fundamentales sobre los objetivos científicos de preservar la memoria de dicho investigador. En este caso, las lecciones de sus audaces propuestas pueden fomentar la innovación y la creatividad en los académicos de hoy, especialmente en cualquiera que se inspire en su trabajo. Además de su investigación, la biografía se basa en numerosos documentos de archivo, en cientos de sus cartas y en entrevistas con él y más de cien personas que lo conocieron. El proyecto destaca la importancia de recopilar y compartir dichos materiales de archivo y recuerdos personales de manera oportuna. Estas fuentes se combinan con la investigación que produjo Greimas para proporcionar la tríada central de ingredientes que el biógrafo debe mezclar y transformar en el relato de una vida y una búsqueda científica. La semiótica –post– greimasiana puede analizar cada uno de estos tres tipos discursivos en el corazón de la biografía intelectual como género, especificando sus unidades, totalidades, prácticas enunciativas, contextos y criterios evaluativos.
Palabras clave: biografía intelectual, A. J. Greimas, archivos, entrevistas, correspondencia.
Abstract: The intellectual biography of the linguist, semiotician, and mythologist A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) currently in preparation by the author raises fundamental questions concerning the scientific goals of preserving the memory of such a researcher. In this case, the lessons of his bold proposals can encourage innovation and creativity in today’s scholars, especially anyone taking inspiration from his work. In addition to his research, the biography draws from numerous archival documents, from hundreds of his letters, and from interviews with him and more than a hundred individuals who knew him. The project highlights the importance of collecting and sharing such archival materials and personal memories in a timely manner. These sources combine with the research that Greimas produced to provide the central triad of ingredients that the biographer must blend and transform into the account of a life and a scientific quest. (Post) Greimassian semiotics can analyze each of these three discursive types at the heart of the intellectual biography as genre, specifying their units, totalities, enunciative practices, contexts, and evaluative criteria.
Este estudio de caso, situado en la historia de las ciencias del lenguaje, adopta la perspectiva ... more Este estudio de caso, situado en la historia de las ciencias del lenguaje, adopta la perspectiva de la historia intelectual centrada en las modalidades de diseminación de las ideas. El artículo analiza la trascendencia internacional de A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) y de su obra; para ello toma en cuenta las relaciones internacionales y el estatus de la lengua francesa, apoyándose en la cantidad y procedencia de los estudiantes extranjeros que el investigador acogió, en las misiones científicas que efectuó en el extranjero, y en la cronología y geografía lingüística de las traducciones de sus textos. Su proyecto ha tenido una importante acogida en las culturas en lengua románica, germánica, eslava, lituana, y del Asia del Este. Este trabajo se basa en documentos archivísticos, así como en comunicaciones personales que su autor tuvo con Greimas, sus traductores, sus editores y colaboradores, y con especialistas de las distintas culturas estudiadas.
Thomas F. BRODEN 2 Tradução e notas de Valdenildo dos Santos 3 e de Maria Luceli Faria Batistote ... more Thomas F. BRODEN 2 Tradução e notas de Valdenildo dos Santos 3 e de Maria Luceli Faria Batistote 4 Resumo: Este artigo descreve a formação do semioticista A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) e explora como ela contribuiu para moldar as ideias subsequentes de sua vida. Uma narrativa inicial caracteriza o contexto linguístico e cultural em que ele cresceu, relata sua escolaridade na Lituânia e detalha seus estudos universitários na França dos anos 1930. Este relato destaca os indivíduos, os métodos, os autores e os livros de sua juventude que se mostraram particularmente significativos para ele. Uma segunda seção, mais longa, sintetiza então as experiências relatadas. Quatro tradições culturais e intelectuais desempenharam um papel importante no desenvolvimento de Greimas: lituânia, eslava, germânica e francesa. Ele teve um interesse particular em poesia, na Idade Média, na filosofia, na história, no modernismo e na filologia. O artigo indaga sobre a maneira como essas heranças, artes e temas formaram a visão que se seguiu de suas ideias e de sua carreira.
First of all, I must express to you my gratitude and my emotion at seeing you so numerous and pat... more First of all, I must express to you my gratitude and my emotion at seeing you so numerous and patient at this gathering where I serve as the pretext. I must also tell you the discomfort I feel on seeing myself in the position of a corpse that's being dissected in every manner. It's a kind of premature death, rather disturbing to me, I who am always seeking to keep myself young! (Greimas 1987c: 301) The human sciences can find their common denominator in research on signification. For if the natural sciences search for knowledge about what man and the world are like, the sciences of man ask — more or less explicitly — what each signifies. (Greimas 1966: 5, 3)
Anotacija: Šiame straipsnyje, remiantis archyviniais dokumentais, laiškais, paskelbtais lietuvišk... more Anotacija: Šiame straipsnyje, remiantis archyviniais dokumentais, laiškais, paskelbtais lietuviškais šaltiniais, pokalbiais su įvairiais asmenimis, nubrėžiamos pagrindinės algirdo Juliaus greimo intelektinio gyvenimo linijos nuo mokyklinių metų pradžios iki 1940 m. aprašomas greimą ugdęs kalbinis ir kultūrinis kontekstas, išryškinami jam žymų poveikį padarę asmenys, metodai, autoriai ir knygos. galiausiai pateikiama aprašytų patirčių sintezė ir nubrėžiama būsima greimo mąstysenos ir veiklos trajektorija. greimo raidai svarbiausios buvo keturios tradicijos. Lietuva formavo jo asmenybę ir tapatybę, įteigė jam europinio folkloro tradiciją, įdiegė įsipareigojimą įsijungti į tautinės kultūros ir bendruomenės kūrimą. slavų tradicijos įvedė į jo akiratį metafizinę perspektyvą, skatino jo revoliucingumą mene ir visuomenėje. germaniškos kultūros praturtino jo istorinį žvilgsnį ir metodologijas, pastūmėjo susidomėti estetinėmis teorijomis ir pamatiniais filosofiniais klausimais, pasiūlė jam kalbos tyrimų metodą bei etines nuostatas. prancūzija suformavo jo antrąją tapatybę, atskleidė klasicizmo ir apšvietos idealus, lavino jo poetinį skonį. Šių skirtingų paveldų elemen tai maitino vaisingas greimo įtampas-tarp ištikimybės ir atvirumo, istoriškumo ir visuotinumo, tarp proto, jausmo ir sensualumo.
Resumo: Este estudo de caso em história das ciências da linguagem insere-se na perspectiva metodo... more Resumo: Este estudo de caso em história das ciências da linguagem insere-se na perspectiva metodológica da história intelectual, na qual analisamos o impacto internacional de A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) e de sua obra, por meio do estudo das práticas de comunicação, de deslocamento e de tradução. As missões científicas realizadas fora da França, o número e a origem dos estudantes estrangeiros matriculados no seu seminário, em Paris, bem como a cronologia e a geografia linguística das traduções de sua obra ajudam a traçar, avaliar e explicar a difusão e o desenvolvimento mundial das suas ideias. Seu projeto inspirou apropriações distintas e, às vezes, estruturas institucionais em vários contextos culturais e linguísticos, incluindo contextos românicos, anglo-americanos, germânicos, eslavos, lituanos e do leste asiático. A conclusão deste ensaio avalia a importância do contato pessoal, do contexto sócio-histórico e do status sociolinguístico e didático do francês para a recepção mundial de Greimas. Ademais, este trabalho é baseado em trabalhos científicos publicados, documentos de arquivo, entrevistas e comunicações pessoais com tradutores e editores, com Greimas e seus colaboradores e com especialistas das diferentes culturas estudadas.
It was by developing phonology according to the principles of the CGL that the Prague Linguistic ... more It was by developing phonology according to the principles of the CGL that the Prague Linguistic Circle succeeded in having linguistics recognized as the most advanced among the human sciences for several decades. The Czech group thereby helped establish Ferdinand de Saussure as a key seminal figure for the modern era, alongside such thinkers as Freud, Marx, and Nietzsche. Roman Jakobson made a particularly significant contribution to the spread of Saussurism, thanks to his genius and his abundant scholarly production, to his ample views and his long, varied career. The first part of this essay briefly recounts key steps in Saussure's elaboration of the idea of the semiological. The second part examines how Jakobson adopted the Saussurian thesis while also adding his own semiotic ideas that amplify, develop, and at times contest certain CGL proposals. This article focuses on the sign and semiosis, or the action of producing signs, and traces the progressive growth of the semiotic domain first in Saussure, than in Jakobson. Having made the choice to sketch a complex and extensive evolution in the two linguists, we are forced to accept that the essay cannot examine in detail each fundamental concept in play. KEYWORDS: Jakobson; Semiology; Saussure RÉSUMÉ C'est en développant la phonologie selon les principes sémiologiques du Cours de linguistique générale (CLG) que le Cercle linguistique de Prague a réussi à imposer la linguistique comme étant la plus avancée des sciences humaines pendant des décennies. Ce faisant, le groupe tchèque a aidé à faire reconnaître Ferdinand de Saussure comme maître à penser pour l'ère moderne, à côté de figures telles que Freud, Marx et Nietzsche. Roman Jakobson en particulier a beaucoup contribué au rayonnement du saussurisme, par son génie et sa production scientifique abondante, par ses vues généreuses et sa longue carrière variée. Dans une première partie, cet essai retracera brièvement quelques étapes dans l'élaboration de l'idée du sémiologique chez Saussure. Dans la deuxième partie, nous verrons comment Jakobson a repris la thèse saussurienne tout en élaborant ses propres idées sémiotiques qui complètent, développent et contestent parfois certaines propositions du CLG.
The proceedings of the 2011 meeting of the Semiotic Society of America (Haworth et al., eds.) pro... more The proceedings of the 2011 meeting of the Semiotic Society of America (Haworth et al., eds.) provides a sample of current semiotic research presented in North America. There and elsewhere, one can find Romance approaches to semiotics (Biglari; Dondero; Greimas [in translation]; Schleifer) and Peircean studies (Broden; Dondero; Jappy). Areas that attracted substantial semiotic research recently include music (Rumph; Sheinberg ed.; Tarasti), communication and media (Galantucci and Garrod eds.; Gürsimek; Leeds-Hurwitz), socio-semiotics (Berger; Manning; Semenko), and biosemiotics (Favareau et al. eds.; Rattasepp and Bennett eds.). Other publications explore visual studies (Broden; Jappy), philosopy and logic (Gorlée; Pelc ed.), marketing (Crowther; Oswald), law (Wagner and Broekman eds.), religious discourse (Yelle), literature (Biglari, De Benedictis), and film (Zeng). Introductions to semiotics include Hall (2012) and, in the context of contemporary communication studies, Leeds-Hurwitz (2102).
As of his undergraduate days in Grenoble if not before, and up to 1992, Greimas maintained an amp... more As of his undergraduate days in Grenoble if not before, and up to 1992, Greimas maintained an ample and regular correspondence, notably with family, friends, collaborators, and students. In 1990, he told a compatriot that he mailed about thirty letters a week (Greimas, letter to Aleksandra Kašuba, 4 Sept. 1990, in Greimas and Kašuba (2008: 183))and he undoubtedly received as many. A number of correspondents saved his missives, sometimes along with a draft or carbon copy of their letters to him. Public and private collections hold a small portion of these exchanges, and a number of individuals have published a selection of his correspondence. Unfortunately, for his part, Greimas later burned most of the letters in French that he had received, as well as communications from family members. As he explained to Louis-Jean Calvet around 1988, "I was in the process of burning my correspondence. It's the end of bringing everything to an end." (Greimas, interviewed by Louis-Jean Calvet, ca. 1988, two cassette tapes.) On the other hand, Greimas did keep certain letters of intellectual or historical interest that he received from Lithuanians. He even edited the letters that the poet Henrikas Radauskas had sent him, which came out as an article in 1993 (see Greimas (1993) in the bibliography), and agreed with Aleksandra Kašuba to save the entirety of their epistolary exchanges for publication in book form, a project realized in 2008. Below, the reader will find a tiny sample of letters that Greimas sent colleagues. Résumé: Depuis ses années de licence à Grenoble au moins et jusqu'en 1992, Greimas a entretenu une correspondance régulière avec de nombreuses personnes, y compris ses proches, amis, collaborateurs et étudiants. En 1990, il a fait savoir à une amie qu'il envoyait une trentaine de lettres par semaine 1et en
public school teacher, education inspector, and local elected official Julius Greimas (1882-1942)... more public school teacher, education inspector, and local elected official Julius Greimas (1882-1942) and Konstancija Mickevičiūtė-Greimienė (1886-1956), ethnic Lithuanians displaced by World War I. 1918 In June, the Greimases return to the hamlet of Kunigiškiai 1 in rural Aukštaitija in present-day Lithuania. 1918-19, Lithuania becomes an independent country. 1919-31 The Greimases move to the town of Kupiškis in Aukštaitija (1919-27), then to the city of Šiauliai. 1931-34 The Greimases relocate to Marijampolė, Algirdas earns diploma at Rygiškių Jono gymnasium. Reads Nietzsche, Rilke, Schopenhauer. 1934-36 Program in law, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas; follows Lev Karsavin's course on medieval Christian philosophy. Reads Huizinga, Spengler, and modern Lithuanian poets. 1936-39 Undergraduate program in Romance philology and medieval studies, Faculté des Lettres, Grenoble; major professor Antonin Duraffour. Reads widely in French and world literature, especially fiction and poetry. Travels to Paris,
Fundamental twin concepts of European structural linguistics and of many semiotic theories, synta... more Fundamental twin concepts of European structural linguistics and of many semiotic theories, syntagmatic relations obtain among units in a string (e.g., word, phrase, sentence), while paradigmatic relations associate a unit to others that could replace it at a given point in the string. Jakobson's poetics compares the pair to metaphor and metonymy, and Barthes's semiology proposes wide applications to cultural practices: in fashion, the combination of pieces worn in an outfit constitutes a syntagm, while the substitutability of each piece, part, or feature defines the paradigmatic axis. Following glossematics, Greimasian semiotics defines the terms as conjunctive (both … and) vs. disjunctive (either … or) relations.
This work is part of a study conducted with twelve "disciples" of Greimas about possible "black b... more This work is part of a study conducted with twelve "disciples" of Greimas about possible "black boxes" in his semiotics. The investigation sought to answer the following questions: Did "black boxes" exist? If they did, what were they, and what do Greimas' followers have to say about them? Initiated in 2014, the project on "Black boxes" and the importance of French semiotics in the analysis of verbal, non-verbal, and syncretic discourse lasted seven years. The research methods included reading articles and books, and interviewing semioticians such as Thomas Broden, José Luiz
Resumen: La biografía intelectual del lingüista, semiótico y mitólogo A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) a... more Resumen: La biografía intelectual del lingüista, semiótico y mitólogo A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) actualmente en preparación por el autor plantea cuestiones fundamentales sobre los objetivos científicos de preservar la memoria de dicho investigador. En este caso, las lecciones de sus audaces propuestas pueden fomentar la innovación y la creatividad en los académicos de hoy, especialmente en cualquiera que se inspire en su trabajo. Además de su investigación, la biografía se basa en numerosos documentos de archivo, en cientos de sus cartas y en entrevistas con él y más de cien personas que lo conocieron. El proyecto destaca la importancia de recopilar y compartir dichos materiales de archivo y recuerdos personales de manera oportuna. Estas fuentes se combinan con la investigación que produjo Greimas para proporcionar la tríada central de ingredientes que el biógrafo debe mezclar y transformar en el relato de una vida y una búsqueda científica. La semiótica –post– greimasiana puede analizar cada uno de estos tres tipos discursivos en el corazón de la biografía intelectual como género, especificando sus unidades, totalidades, prácticas enunciativas, contextos y criterios evaluativos.
Palabras clave: biografía intelectual, A. J. Greimas, archivos, entrevistas, correspondencia.
Abstract: The intellectual biography of the linguist, semiotician, and mythologist A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) currently in preparation by the author raises fundamental questions concerning the scientific goals of preserving the memory of such a researcher. In this case, the lessons of his bold proposals can encourage innovation and creativity in today’s scholars, especially anyone taking inspiration from his work. In addition to his research, the biography draws from numerous archival documents, from hundreds of his letters, and from interviews with him and more than a hundred individuals who knew him. The project highlights the importance of collecting and sharing such archival materials and personal memories in a timely manner. These sources combine with the research that Greimas produced to provide the central triad of ingredients that the biographer must blend and transform into the account of a life and a scientific quest. (Post) Greimassian semiotics can analyze each of these three discursive types at the heart of the intellectual biography as genre, specifying their units, totalities, enunciative practices, contexts, and evaluative criteria.
Este estudio de caso, situado en la historia de las ciencias del lenguaje, adopta la perspectiva ... more Este estudio de caso, situado en la historia de las ciencias del lenguaje, adopta la perspectiva de la historia intelectual centrada en las modalidades de diseminación de las ideas. El artículo analiza la trascendencia internacional de A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) y de su obra; para ello toma en cuenta las relaciones internacionales y el estatus de la lengua francesa, apoyándose en la cantidad y procedencia de los estudiantes extranjeros que el investigador acogió, en las misiones científicas que efectuó en el extranjero, y en la cronología y geografía lingüística de las traducciones de sus textos. Su proyecto ha tenido una importante acogida en las culturas en lengua románica, germánica, eslava, lituana, y del Asia del Este. Este trabajo se basa en documentos archivísticos, así como en comunicaciones personales que su autor tuvo con Greimas, sus traductores, sus editores y colaboradores, y con especialistas de las distintas culturas estudiadas.
Thomas F. BRODEN 2 Tradução e notas de Valdenildo dos Santos 3 e de Maria Luceli Faria Batistote ... more Thomas F. BRODEN 2 Tradução e notas de Valdenildo dos Santos 3 e de Maria Luceli Faria Batistote 4 Resumo: Este artigo descreve a formação do semioticista A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) e explora como ela contribuiu para moldar as ideias subsequentes de sua vida. Uma narrativa inicial caracteriza o contexto linguístico e cultural em que ele cresceu, relata sua escolaridade na Lituânia e detalha seus estudos universitários na França dos anos 1930. Este relato destaca os indivíduos, os métodos, os autores e os livros de sua juventude que se mostraram particularmente significativos para ele. Uma segunda seção, mais longa, sintetiza então as experiências relatadas. Quatro tradições culturais e intelectuais desempenharam um papel importante no desenvolvimento de Greimas: lituânia, eslava, germânica e francesa. Ele teve um interesse particular em poesia, na Idade Média, na filosofia, na história, no modernismo e na filologia. O artigo indaga sobre a maneira como essas heranças, artes e temas formaram a visão que se seguiu de suas ideias e de sua carreira.
First of all, I must express to you my gratitude and my emotion at seeing you so numerous and pat... more First of all, I must express to you my gratitude and my emotion at seeing you so numerous and patient at this gathering where I serve as the pretext. I must also tell you the discomfort I feel on seeing myself in the position of a corpse that's being dissected in every manner. It's a kind of premature death, rather disturbing to me, I who am always seeking to keep myself young! (Greimas 1987c: 301) The human sciences can find their common denominator in research on signification. For if the natural sciences search for knowledge about what man and the world are like, the sciences of man ask — more or less explicitly — what each signifies. (Greimas 1966: 5, 3)
Anotacija: Šiame straipsnyje, remiantis archyviniais dokumentais, laiškais, paskelbtais lietuvišk... more Anotacija: Šiame straipsnyje, remiantis archyviniais dokumentais, laiškais, paskelbtais lietuviškais šaltiniais, pokalbiais su įvairiais asmenimis, nubrėžiamos pagrindinės algirdo Juliaus greimo intelektinio gyvenimo linijos nuo mokyklinių metų pradžios iki 1940 m. aprašomas greimą ugdęs kalbinis ir kultūrinis kontekstas, išryškinami jam žymų poveikį padarę asmenys, metodai, autoriai ir knygos. galiausiai pateikiama aprašytų patirčių sintezė ir nubrėžiama būsima greimo mąstysenos ir veiklos trajektorija. greimo raidai svarbiausios buvo keturios tradicijos. Lietuva formavo jo asmenybę ir tapatybę, įteigė jam europinio folkloro tradiciją, įdiegė įsipareigojimą įsijungti į tautinės kultūros ir bendruomenės kūrimą. slavų tradicijos įvedė į jo akiratį metafizinę perspektyvą, skatino jo revoliucingumą mene ir visuomenėje. germaniškos kultūros praturtino jo istorinį žvilgsnį ir metodologijas, pastūmėjo susidomėti estetinėmis teorijomis ir pamatiniais filosofiniais klausimais, pasiūlė jam kalbos tyrimų metodą bei etines nuostatas. prancūzija suformavo jo antrąją tapatybę, atskleidė klasicizmo ir apšvietos idealus, lavino jo poetinį skonį. Šių skirtingų paveldų elemen tai maitino vaisingas greimo įtampas-tarp ištikimybės ir atvirumo, istoriškumo ir visuotinumo, tarp proto, jausmo ir sensualumo.
Resumo: Este estudo de caso em história das ciências da linguagem insere-se na perspectiva metodo... more Resumo: Este estudo de caso em história das ciências da linguagem insere-se na perspectiva metodológica da história intelectual, na qual analisamos o impacto internacional de A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) e de sua obra, por meio do estudo das práticas de comunicação, de deslocamento e de tradução. As missões científicas realizadas fora da França, o número e a origem dos estudantes estrangeiros matriculados no seu seminário, em Paris, bem como a cronologia e a geografia linguística das traduções de sua obra ajudam a traçar, avaliar e explicar a difusão e o desenvolvimento mundial das suas ideias. Seu projeto inspirou apropriações distintas e, às vezes, estruturas institucionais em vários contextos culturais e linguísticos, incluindo contextos românicos, anglo-americanos, germânicos, eslavos, lituanos e do leste asiático. A conclusão deste ensaio avalia a importância do contato pessoal, do contexto sócio-histórico e do status sociolinguístico e didático do francês para a recepção mundial de Greimas. Ademais, este trabalho é baseado em trabalhos científicos publicados, documentos de arquivo, entrevistas e comunicações pessoais com tradutores e editores, com Greimas e seus colaboradores e com especialistas das diferentes culturas estudadas.
It was by developing phonology according to the principles of the CGL that the Prague Linguistic ... more It was by developing phonology according to the principles of the CGL that the Prague Linguistic Circle succeeded in having linguistics recognized as the most advanced among the human sciences for several decades. The Czech group thereby helped establish Ferdinand de Saussure as a key seminal figure for the modern era, alongside such thinkers as Freud, Marx, and Nietzsche. Roman Jakobson made a particularly significant contribution to the spread of Saussurism, thanks to his genius and his abundant scholarly production, to his ample views and his long, varied career. The first part of this essay briefly recounts key steps in Saussure's elaboration of the idea of the semiological. The second part examines how Jakobson adopted the Saussurian thesis while also adding his own semiotic ideas that amplify, develop, and at times contest certain CGL proposals. This article focuses on the sign and semiosis, or the action of producing signs, and traces the progressive growth of the semiotic domain first in Saussure, than in Jakobson. Having made the choice to sketch a complex and extensive evolution in the two linguists, we are forced to accept that the essay cannot examine in detail each fundamental concept in play. KEYWORDS: Jakobson; Semiology; Saussure RÉSUMÉ C'est en développant la phonologie selon les principes sémiologiques du Cours de linguistique générale (CLG) que le Cercle linguistique de Prague a réussi à imposer la linguistique comme étant la plus avancée des sciences humaines pendant des décennies. Ce faisant, le groupe tchèque a aidé à faire reconnaître Ferdinand de Saussure comme maître à penser pour l'ère moderne, à côté de figures telles que Freud, Marx et Nietzsche. Roman Jakobson en particulier a beaucoup contribué au rayonnement du saussurisme, par son génie et sa production scientifique abondante, par ses vues généreuses et sa longue carrière variée. Dans une première partie, cet essai retracera brièvement quelques étapes dans l'élaboration de l'idée du sémiologique chez Saussure. Dans la deuxième partie, nous verrons comment Jakobson a repris la thèse saussurienne tout en élaborant ses propres idées sémiotiques qui complètent, développent et contestent parfois certaines propositions du CLG.
The proceedings of the 2011 meeting of the Semiotic Society of America (Haworth et al., eds.) pro... more The proceedings of the 2011 meeting of the Semiotic Society of America (Haworth et al., eds.) provides a sample of current semiotic research presented in North America. There and elsewhere, one can find Romance approaches to semiotics (Biglari; Dondero; Greimas [in translation]; Schleifer) and Peircean studies (Broden; Dondero; Jappy). Areas that attracted substantial semiotic research recently include music (Rumph; Sheinberg ed.; Tarasti), communication and media (Galantucci and Garrod eds.; Gürsimek; Leeds-Hurwitz), socio-semiotics (Berger; Manning; Semenko), and biosemiotics (Favareau et al. eds.; Rattasepp and Bennett eds.). Other publications explore visual studies (Broden; Jappy), philosopy and logic (Gorlée; Pelc ed.), marketing (Crowther; Oswald), law (Wagner and Broekman eds.), religious discourse (Yelle), literature (Biglari, De Benedictis), and film (Zeng). Introductions to semiotics include Hall (2012) and, in the context of contemporary communication studies, Leeds-Hurwitz (2102).
As of his undergraduate days in Grenoble if not before, and up to 1992, Greimas maintained an amp... more As of his undergraduate days in Grenoble if not before, and up to 1992, Greimas maintained an ample and regular correspondence, notably with family, friends, collaborators, and students. In 1990, he told a compatriot that he mailed about thirty letters a week (Greimas, letter to Aleksandra Kašuba, 4 Sept. 1990, in Greimas and Kašuba (2008: 183))and he undoubtedly received as many. A number of correspondents saved his missives, sometimes along with a draft or carbon copy of their letters to him. Public and private collections hold a small portion of these exchanges, and a number of individuals have published a selection of his correspondence. Unfortunately, for his part, Greimas later burned most of the letters in French that he had received, as well as communications from family members. As he explained to Louis-Jean Calvet around 1988, "I was in the process of burning my correspondence. It's the end of bringing everything to an end." (Greimas, interviewed by Louis-Jean Calvet, ca. 1988, two cassette tapes.) On the other hand, Greimas did keep certain letters of intellectual or historical interest that he received from Lithuanians. He even edited the letters that the poet Henrikas Radauskas had sent him, which came out as an article in 1993 (see Greimas (1993) in the bibliography), and agreed with Aleksandra Kašuba to save the entirety of their epistolary exchanges for publication in book form, a project realized in 2008. Below, the reader will find a tiny sample of letters that Greimas sent colleagues. Résumé: Depuis ses années de licence à Grenoble au moins et jusqu'en 1992, Greimas a entretenu une correspondance régulière avec de nombreuses personnes, y compris ses proches, amis, collaborateurs et étudiants. En 1990, il a fait savoir à une amie qu'il envoyait une trentaine de lettres par semaine 1et en
public school teacher, education inspector, and local elected official Julius Greimas (1882-1942)... more public school teacher, education inspector, and local elected official Julius Greimas (1882-1942) and Konstancija Mickevičiūtė-Greimienė (1886-1956), ethnic Lithuanians displaced by World War I. 1918 In June, the Greimases return to the hamlet of Kunigiškiai 1 in rural Aukštaitija in present-day Lithuania. 1918-19, Lithuania becomes an independent country. 1919-31 The Greimases move to the town of Kupiškis in Aukštaitija (1919-27), then to the city of Šiauliai. 1931-34 The Greimases relocate to Marijampolė, Algirdas earns diploma at Rygiškių Jono gymnasium. Reads Nietzsche, Rilke, Schopenhauer. 1934-36 Program in law, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas; follows Lev Karsavin's course on medieval Christian philosophy. Reads Huizinga, Spengler, and modern Lithuanian poets. 1936-39 Undergraduate program in Romance philology and medieval studies, Faculté des Lettres, Grenoble; major professor Antonin Duraffour. Reads widely in French and world literature, especially fiction and poetry. Travels to Paris,
Fundamental twin concepts of European structural linguistics and of many semiotic theories, synta... more Fundamental twin concepts of European structural linguistics and of many semiotic theories, syntagmatic relations obtain among units in a string (e.g., word, phrase, sentence), while paradigmatic relations associate a unit to others that could replace it at a given point in the string. Jakobson's poetics compares the pair to metaphor and metonymy, and Barthes's semiology proposes wide applications to cultural practices: in fashion, the combination of pieces worn in an outfit constitutes a syntagm, while the substitutability of each piece, part, or feature defines the paradigmatic axis. Following glossematics, Greimasian semiotics defines the terms as conjunctive (both … and) vs. disjunctive (either … or) relations.
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Palabras clave: biografía intelectual, A. J. Greimas, archivos, entrevistas, correspondencia.
Abstract: The intellectual biography of the linguist, semiotician, and mythologist A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) currently in preparation by the author raises fundamental questions concerning the scientific goals of preserving the memory of such a researcher. In this case, the lessons of his bold proposals can encourage innovation and creativity in today’s scholars, especially anyone taking inspiration from his work. In addition to his research, the biography draws from numerous archival documents, from hundreds of his letters, and from interviews with him and more than a hundred individuals who knew him. The project highlights the importance of collecting and sharing such archival materials and personal memories in a timely manner. These sources combine with the research that Greimas produced to provide the central triad of ingredients that the biographer must blend and transform into the account of a life and a scientific quest. (Post) Greimassian semiotics can analyze each of these three discursive types at the heart of the intellectual biography as genre, specifying their units, totalities, enunciative practices, contexts, and evaluative criteria.
Palabras clave: biografía intelectual, A. J. Greimas, archivos, entrevistas, correspondencia.
Abstract: The intellectual biography of the linguist, semiotician, and mythologist A. J. Greimas (1917-1992) currently in preparation by the author raises fundamental questions concerning the scientific goals of preserving the memory of such a researcher. In this case, the lessons of his bold proposals can encourage innovation and creativity in today’s scholars, especially anyone taking inspiration from his work. In addition to his research, the biography draws from numerous archival documents, from hundreds of his letters, and from interviews with him and more than a hundred individuals who knew him. The project highlights the importance of collecting and sharing such archival materials and personal memories in a timely manner. These sources combine with the research that Greimas produced to provide the central triad of ingredients that the biographer must blend and transform into the account of a life and a scientific quest. (Post) Greimassian semiotics can analyze each of these three discursive types at the heart of the intellectual biography as genre, specifying their units, totalities, enunciative practices, contexts, and evaluative criteria.