Perspective from a semiotical perspective

Göran Sonesson

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In this article I have described a kind of relationship to the subject which may aptly be called a perspective while distinguishing it from other similar phenomena (such as “aspect”): it is a case in which an object is conceived as being constant, while the modes of access which a subject may have to it varies. I have also singled out some different kinds of perspective: positional perspective, which only focuses on the respective spatial positions of the subject and the object; perceptual perspective, which is concerned with the exact perceptual adumbration in which the subject has access to the object; and personal perspective, which is involved with the way in which the subject itself is modified in presence of the object. In addition, I have distinguished different components within the consciousness of the subject, such as his body, his feelings, his conception, his thought and his means of expression. Against the background of a distinction between the resources of verbal and visual media, revised from Lessing’s classic discussion, I have also tried to determine to which extent ordinary language, literature, pictures and the cinema, respectively, offer the resources capable of expressing these different kinds of perspective.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEssays on fiction and perspective
EditorsGöran Rossholm
PublisherPeter Lang Publishing Group
ISBN (Print)3-03910-123-4
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Languages and Literature

Free keywords

  • erlebte Rede
  • seing-in
  • form vs substance
  • Saussure
  • Husserl
  • Wittgenstein
  • point of view
  • aspect
  • semiotics
  • perspective

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