Mihhail Lotman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6708684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mihhail Lotman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mihhail |
| FAMILY NAME | Lotman |
| SIGNATURE | LOTMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2192-8903 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Alliksaare venekeelne luule
Alliksaar’s Russian-language poetry: Three études This article analyzes three Russian-language poems by Artur Alliksaar held in the archives of the Estonian Literary Museum (EKM EKLA, Fond 316; 5:1). The poems are examined both within the context of Alliksaar’s oeuvre and against a broader cultural and social background. The poem dedicated to Galina Serebryakova is analyzed in the context of the Khrushchev Thaw, while the sketch on elementary par…
Häälikuinstrumentatsioon Artur Alliksaare luules
Sõnakunst oli Artur Alliksaarele eksistentsiaalne küsimus. 6. veebruaril 1954. aastal kirjutas ta Eino Lainvoole: Mõeldav on, et tuleb brutaalse jõukultuse epohh, mil luule kuulutatakse luksuseks, rüütellikkus tõveks, hinge peenus surmapatuks ja mil tundevabadus pahena seotakse pilkesambale. Sellele vaatamata või õigemini selle tõttu peab julgema olla tark ja hoidma vahedana vaimu relva. Tark, suutmata vältida hävitavat [...]
History as geography
This article addresses the notion of a Russian spacetime, in which the spatial parameters constitute one of the most important constant of history. This constant is not dependent on the governing ideology. What changes is the evaluative, that is, the most superficial, component; what is a matter of pride for some people, is a discredit to others. Yet nobody seems to contest the dominant of spatiality. In the article, a typology of this betweennes…
Метрический монтаж
Metrical montage: On the theory of polymetrical compositions.The theory of polymetrical compositions was founded as late as in the 1970s by Pyotr Rudnev, a scholar of the University of Tartu. While Rudnev approached the problem from the paradigmatic aspect, in the present paper the priority of syntagmatics over paradigmatics is emphasized: the effect of polymetricity is based on the contrast of segments, which is, in its own way, a montage with m…
Verse as a semiotic system
Poetry is an important challenge for semiotics, and a special area of study for the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school, since the first volume of Sign Systems Studies was Juri Lotman’s monograph Lectures on Structural Poetics (1964). From then on the concept of poetry as one of the secondary modelling systems has evolved, since in relation to poetry, the primary modelling system is natural language. In this paper, the concept of semiotic system has bee…
The derivatives of hexameter in Estonian poetry and their link with the traditional hexameter
The sources of the theory of the Estonian hexameter can be traced back to 17th century Germany, where the long syllables of ancient hexameter were replaced with stressed ones, and short syllables with unstressed ones. Although such understanding is clearly inadequate, to a great extent it still holds ground in contemporary approaches. Hexameter, like any other verse metre, can be treated from two angles. First, as an abstract scheme which is real…
Editors' preface
The institution of semiotics in Estonia
The article gives a historical overview of the institutional development of semiotics in Estonia during two centuries, and describes briefly its current status. The key characteristics of semiotics in Estonia include: (1) seminal role of two world-level classics of semiotics from the University of Tartu, Juri Lotman and Jakob von Uexküll; (2) the impact of Tartu–Moscow school of semiotics, with a series of summer schools in Kääriku in 1960s and t…
Editors' comment
Atomistic versus holistic semiotics
The paper is devoted on the foundations of semiotics. It examines the specific features of Peircean and Saussurean traditions and demonstrates that the basis of all the differences is the different conception of the nature of sign: Peirce proceeds from the substitutive concept, Saussure from the bilateral one. The substitutive construction is atomistic by its nature: it is based on a (single) sign which replaces a (single) object, while bilateral…
Umwelt and semiosphere
In the paper an attempt is made to treat the basic concepts of biosemiotics and semiotics of culture in a wide intellectual context. The three leading paradigms of the current intellectual discourse are distinguished, which could be conventionally designated as “classical”, “modern” and “postmodern”: Peirce’s semiosis stands for the classical, Umwelt for the modern and semiosphere for the postmodern semiotic space
Семиотика культуры и феноменология страха (к постановке проблемы) [The semiotics of culture and the phenomenology of fear]
The semiotics of culture and the phenomenology of fear. In the paper fear is treated as semiotical phenomenon. The semiotical speciality of fear is that while being a strong semiotical factor, its semiotical nature is often overshadowed and fear is treated proceeding from the scheme of stimulus-reaction. In the paper fear is analysed in the context of both Peirce's semiotics and Saussure's semiology and it will be demonstrated that these approach…
Русский стих
Russian verse: Its metrics, versification systems, and prosody (Generative synopsis). In the article the general verse metre theory and its application to Russian verse is adressed, allowing us, thereby, to observe not the single details, but only the most general characteristics of verse. The treatment can be summarised in the five following points: 1) the basis for the phenomenon of verse is its metrical code: the special feature of verse text …
Intercommunication
Intercommunication: Editor's comments
ВИЛЛЕм ЭРНИТС (1891–1982)
Umwelt and semiosphere
In the paper an attempt is made to treat the basic concepts of biosemiotics and semiotics of culture in a wide intellectual context. The three leading paradigms of the current intellectual discourse are distinguished, which could be conventionally designated as “classical”, “modern” and “postmodern”: Peirce’s semiosis stands for the classical, Umwelt for the modern and semiosphere for the postmodern semiotic space
The institution of semiotics in Estonia
The article gives a historical overview of the institutional development of semiotics in Estonia during two centuries, and describes briefly its current status. The key characteristics of semiotics in Estonia include: (1) seminal role of two world-level classics of semiotics from the University of Tartu, Juri Lotman and Jakob von Uexküll; (2) the impact of Tartu–Moscow school of semiotics, with a series of summer schools in Kääriku in 1960s and t…
Atomistic versus holistic semiotics
The paper is devoted on the foundations of semiotics. It examines the specific features of Peircean and Saussurean traditions and demonstrates that the basis of all the differences is the different conception of the nature of sign: Peirce proceeds from the substitutive concept, Saussure from the bilateral one. The substitutive construction is atomistic by its nature: it is based on a (single) sign which replaces a (single) object, while bilateral…
ВИЛЛЕм ЭРНИТС (1891–1982)
Русский стих
Russian verse: Its metrics, versification systems, and prosody (Generative synopsis). In the article the general verse metre theory and its application to Russian verse is adressed, allowing us, thereby, to observe not the single details, but only the most general characteristics of verse. The treatment can be summarised in the five following points: 1) the basis for the phenomenon of verse is its metrical code: the special feature of verse text …
Intercommunication
Intercommunication: Editor's comments
Семиотика культуры и феноменология страха (к постановке проблемы) [The semiotics of culture and the phenomenology of fear]
The semiotics of culture and the phenomenology of fear. In the paper fear is treated as semiotical phenomenon. The semiotical speciality of fear is that while being a strong semiotical factor, its semiotical nature is often overshadowed and fear is treated proceeding from the scheme of stimulus-reaction. In the paper fear is analysed in the context of both Peirce's semiotics and Saussure's semiology and it will be demonstrated that these approach…
Atomistic versus holistic semiotics
The paper is devoted on the foundations of semiotics. It examines the specific features of Peircean and Saussurean traditions and demonstrates that the basis of all the differences is the different conception of the nature of sign: Peirce proceeds from the substitutive concept, Saussure from the bilateral one. The substitutive construction is atomistic by its nature: it is based on a (single) sign which replaces a (single) object, while bilateral…
Umwelt and semiosphere
In the paper an attempt is made to treat the basic concepts of biosemiotics and semiotics of culture in a wide intellectual context. The three leading paradigms of the current intellectual discourse are distinguished, which could be conventionally designated as “classical”, “modern” and “postmodern”: Peirce’s semiosis stands for the classical, Umwelt for the modern and semiosphere for the postmodern semiotic space
The institution of semiotics in Estonia
The article gives a historical overview of the institutional development of semiotics in Estonia during two centuries, and describes briefly its current status. The key characteristics of semiotics in Estonia include: (1) seminal role of two world-level classics of semiotics from the University of Tartu, Juri Lotman and Jakob von Uexküll; (2) the impact of Tartu–Moscow school of semiotics, with a series of summer schools in Kääriku in 1960s and t…
Editors' comment
Verse as a semiotic system
Poetry is an important challenge for semiotics, and a special area of study for the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school, since the first volume of Sign Systems Studies was Juri Lotman’s monograph Lectures on Structural Poetics (1964). From then on the concept of poetry as one of the secondary modelling systems has evolved, since in relation to poetry, the primary modelling system is natural language. In this paper, the concept of semiotic system has bee…
The derivatives of hexameter in Estonian poetry and their link with the traditional hexameter
The sources of the theory of the Estonian hexameter can be traced back to 17th century Germany, where the long syllables of ancient hexameter were replaced with stressed ones, and short syllables with unstressed ones. Although such understanding is clearly inadequate, to a great extent it still holds ground in contemporary approaches. Hexameter, like any other verse metre, can be treated from two angles. First, as an abstract scheme which is real…
Editors' preface
Метрический монтаж
Metrical montage: On the theory of polymetrical compositions.The theory of polymetrical compositions was founded as late as in the 1970s by Pyotr Rudnev, a scholar of the University of Tartu. While Rudnev approached the problem from the paradigmatic aspect, in the present paper the priority of syntagmatics over paradigmatics is emphasized: the effect of polymetricity is based on the contrast of segments, which is, in its own way, a montage with m…
History as geography
This article addresses the notion of a Russian spacetime, in which the spatial parameters constitute one of the most important constant of history. This constant is not dependent on the governing ideology. What changes is the evaluative, that is, the most superficial, component; what is a matter of pride for some people, is a discredit to others. Yet nobody seems to contest the dominant of spatiality. In the article, a typology of this betweennes…
Häälikuinstrumentatsioon Artur Alliksaare luules
Sõnakunst oli Artur Alliksaarele eksistentsiaalne küsimus. 6. veebruaril 1954. aastal kirjutas ta Eino Lainvoole: Mõeldav on, et tuleb brutaalse jõukultuse epohh, mil luule kuulutatakse luksuseks, rüütellikkus tõveks, hinge peenus surmapatuks ja mil tundevabadus pahena seotakse pilkesambale. Sellele vaatamata või õigemini selle tõttu peab julgema olla tark ja hoidma vahedana vaimu relva. Tark, suutmata vältida hävitavat [...]
Alliksaare venekeelne luule
Alliksaar’s Russian-language poetry: Three études This article analyzes three Russian-language poems by Artur Alliksaar held in the archives of the Estonian Literary Museum (EKM EKLA, Fond 316; 5:1). The poems are examined both within the context of Alliksaar’s oeuvre and against a broader cultural and social background. The poem dedicated to Galina Serebryakova is analyzed in the context of the Khrushchev Thaw, while the sketch on elementary par…
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