Impermanent Structures: Semiotic Readings of Nelson Rodrigues' Vestido De Noiva, Álbum De Família, and Anjo Negro: 238 (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures) - Softcover

Fred M. Clark (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807892424 ISBN 13: 9780807892428

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2018

Synopsis

Fred M. Clark offers a semiotic analysis of three plays by Nelson Rodrigues, based in Charles S. Pierce's triadic concept of the sign: as sign, interpretant, and object, in regards to its production as perception and consciousness. Clark's use of this triad approach demonstrates the self-conscious plays of icons in Vestido de noiva, Álbum de família, and Anjo negro, and offers a basis for the relevance of his conclusions to theatre at large. Based on this semiotic theory, Clark demonstrates the particular modes in which Nelson's theatre builds up fictional situations that transcend the pretense of the vanguard to become radically innovative and achieve a first-rate literary realization, equal of any occidental writer of the period. The author demonstrates the way in which Rodrigues dissects the difference between seeming and being, questioning the very notion of permanence and order.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807892424
• ISBN 13: 9780807892428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136