The Semiotic of Myth: A Critical Study of the Symbol

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
ISBN......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 13
Part One......Page 29
ONE Peirce's Concept of the Interpretant......Page 31
TWO Peirce and the Structuralists The Interpretant and Its Relation to Language......Page 60
Part Two......Page 71
THREE The Definition of Transvaluation......Page 73
FOUR Transvaluation in Semiosis......Page 86
Part Three......Page 109
FIVE A Critique of the Formalist-Structuralist Analysis of Narration......Page 111
SIX The General Structure of Narration in Myth and Folktale......Page 129
SEVEN Types of Narrative Transvaluations......Page 141
Part Four......Page 155
EIGHT The Structure of Narration and Its Relation to Culture An Analysis of Netsilik Mythology......Page 157
NINE Myth and Culture among the Bororo The Pragmatics of the Myth......Page 176
TEN Transvaluation and Transformation The Question of the Origin of Myth......Page 215
Notes......Page 233
References......Page 237
Name Index......Page 249
Subject Index......Page 257