Figures Ii
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A landmark in the annals of French literary criticism, Figures II stands as the second volume in Gérard Genette's celebrated trilogy of essays, continuing his rigorous and elegant interrogation of the structures, rhetoric, and poetics that underpin literary language. Published under the prestigious Tel Quel collection, this volume gathers a series of penetrating critical essays that dissect the mechanics of literary discourse — from narrative voice and temporal structure to the intricate relationships between text and meaning — with a precision that reshaped how scholars approach the study of literature. Genette, one of the most formidable structuralist thinkers of the twentieth century, argues with characteristic lucidity and intellectual daring that literature is not merely a vehicle for content, but a complex system of forms whose analysis reveals the hidden architecture of all storytelling. His prose is both exacting and illuminating, drawing on a vast tradition from classical rhetoric to the modern novel, and positioning structuralism not as a cold, mechanical method, but as a lens of extraordinary revelatory power. For anyone serious about narratology, semiotics, or the theory of fiction, Figures II remains an indispensable and enduringly provocative text — one that challenges readers to see language itself as the true protagonist of every literary work.
Author: Gérard Genette
Format: Paperback
Published: 1969, Aux Éditions du Seuil (Collection "Tel Quel")
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**
A landmark in the annals of French literary criticism, Figures II stands as the second volume in Gérard Genette's celebrated trilogy of essays, continuing his rigorous and elegant interrogation of the structures, rhetoric, and poetics that underpin literary language. Published under the prestigious Tel Quel collection, this volume gathers a series of penetrating critical essays that dissect the mechanics of literary discourse — from narrative voice and temporal structure to the intricate relationships between text and meaning — with a precision that reshaped how scholars approach the study of literature. Genette, one of the most formidable structuralist thinkers of the twentieth century, argues with characteristic lucidity and intellectual daring that literature is not merely a vehicle for content, but a complex system of forms whose analysis reveals the hidden architecture of all storytelling. His prose is both exacting and illuminating, drawing on a vast tradition from classical rhetoric to the modern novel, and positioning structuralism not as a cold, mechanical method, but as a lens of extraordinary revelatory power. For anyone serious about narratology, semiotics, or the theory of fiction, Figures II remains an indispensable and enduringly provocative text — one that challenges readers to see language itself as the true protagonist of every literary work.