Problemy perspektywy semiologicznej. Na przykładzie „Podboju Ameryki” Tzvetana Todorova
Problems of Semiological Perspective. The Case of T. Todorov’s “La Conquête de l’Amérique. La question de l’autre”
Author(s): Łukasz GrützmacherSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Tzvetan Todorov; Todorov “La Conquête de l’Amérique. La question de l’autre”; the origin of “La Conquête de l’Amérique”
Summary/Abstract: The article raises a reflection about the problems which are brought about when semiological approach is applied to interpret complex historical processes. A good example of such semiological understanding of the phenomena, which earlier were researched by historiography and anthropology, is 1982 Tzvetan Todorov’s essay “La Conquête de l’Amérique. La question de l’autre (The Conquest of America. The Question of the Other)”. The article thoroughly describes the origin of the book and critically analyses its first two parts. It also calls into question the validity and consistency of the generalisation it presents and reveals that Todorov to a great extent rests on stereotypes, simplifications and incomplete data, all of which he arranges in such a way to be able to prove his far-reaching hypotheses.
Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki. Czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone historii i krytyce literatury polskiej
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 123-138
- Page Count: 16
