Abstract
Literary text of composite sign is composed with different types of signs such as linguistic sign, body sign, image sign, audio sign and so on, among which linguistic sign functions as the keynote, defining the identity of a text as a form of verbal art. Oral literature before written language takes the form of verbal-body composite text or the verbal-body-music composite text. The picture-word literary texts in ancient Chinese, picture story books in Western and Japanese are important forms of word-picture composite texts, while word-image-sound composite text is the major type of digital literature today. Composite sign in literary texts can be divided into seven layers, namely, supporter, sign, segment, image, imago, meaning and aftertaste. Composite-sign literary texts combine the traditional mono-sign verbal literature with audio-pictorial art and extend the space for the development of literature.
First Page
92
Last Page
103
Recommended Citation
Shan, Xiaoxi. 2014. "On the Composite-Sign Literary Text and the Layers of Sign in the Text." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 34, (4): pp.92-103. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol34/iss4/11
