Doubling, Dividing, and Interchanging : The Construction of Semiotic Systems

Honors College Thesis

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Creator	Ross, McKenzie
Abstract	Rather than focus intently on the text and its infrastructure, academics treat literature as an ossuary for theoretical machinations and thus relegate art to serve as a vehicle for erudite discourse. This thesis hopes to offer a counter by underscoring the ways in which texts subvert extra-textual applications. In disavowing transcendence, the profound nuance inherent to texts with self- contained semiotic systems becomes readily apparent. Through an examination of Gilbert Sorrentino’s Under the Shadow and Odd Number as well as the music of GFOTY, the scholarly portion of this thesis focuses on the ways in which texts—through literary techniques such as intertextuality, self- referentiality, and subversion of trite artistic conventions—complicate rather than efface art with scholastic terminology.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Honors College Thesis
Date Issued	2018-04-13
Degree Level	Bachelor's
Degree Name	Honors Bachelor of Arts (H.B.A.)
Degree Field	Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies English International Studies
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2019
Advisor	Elbom, Gilad
Committee Member	Drummond, Robert Lancelin, Rebekah
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Honors College
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Embargo date range	2018-08-06 to 2020-09-07

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