Toward a triadic theory of Walker Percy : a semiotic reading of the novels
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Harold Lawson McDonald (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Charles E. Davis
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Walker Percy's work in linguistic theory and his fiction. An investigative apparatus was distilled from Percy's essay "Toward a Triadic Theory of Meaning" and applied to the language behavior of important characters from each of his novels.
Toward a triadic theory of Walker Percy : a semiotic reading of the novels
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- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1992
- Subjects
- Percy, Walker, $d 1916-1990 $x Criticism and interpretation
- Percy, Walker, $d 1916-1990 $x Knowledge $x Linguistics
- Percy, Walker, $d 1916-1990. $t Moviegoer
- Percy, Walker, $d 1916- $t Second coming
- Linguistics