Omówienia: Semiotyka rosyjska: szkoła po szkole
Commentaries and debates: The Tartu-Moscow School Years Later

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the origins and contribution of the renowned Tartu-Moscow school of semiotics and its subsequent development and contributions to semiotics and to the study of culture in the West and East. Following a brief exposition of the leading role of Yuri Lotman, and the significance of other eminent members of the school, the growth of now independent centers in Moscow and Tallinn is discussed as well as the changes of the focus of interest of semioticians who continue the Tartu methodological tradition. Finally, a general assessment of the relevance and contribution of both the original school and its contemporary continuators is provided.

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