Fontanille (linguistics and semiotics, U. of Limoges) overviews narrative semiotic theory. He begins with commentary on the path from the sign to discourse, then introduces elementary
structures such as the binary, semiotic square and tensive and ternary structures, and covers discourse, actants (transformational and positional), actors, modalities (as predicate and as
passional imaginary), action, passion, cognition and enunciation. Although designed as an introductory text at the undergraduate level, this can also be used for self-study. This edition
includes updated material and new entries to the bibliography. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
