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Tzvetan Todorov [Цветан Тодоров] (1939) is a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, literary critic, sociologist and essayist.
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Tzvetan Todorov [Цветан Тодоров] (March 1, 1939 – February 7, 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, literary critic, sociologist and essayist.
  
 
==Books==
 
==Books==
(in French unless noted)
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(in French unless noted otherwise)
* ''Théorie de la littérature, textes des formalistes russes'', Paris: Le Seuil, 1965.
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* ''Théorie de la littérature, textes des formalistes russes'', Paris: Seuil, 1965.
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* ''Littérature et signification'', Paris: Larousse, 1967.
 
* ''Littérature et signification'', Paris: Larousse, 1967.
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* ''Poétique'', Paris: Seuil, 1968, 112 pp.
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** ''Introduction to Poetics'', trans. Richard Howard, intro. Peter Brooks, Brighton: Harvester Press, 1981; University of Minnesota Press, 1981, xxxii+83 pp. {{en}}
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* ''Grammaire du "Décaméron"'', Paris: Mouton, 1969.
 
* ''Grammaire du "Décaméron"'', Paris: Mouton, 1969.
* ''Introduction à la littérature fantastique'', Paris, Le Seuil, 1970.
 
* ''Poétique de la prose'', Paris: Le Seuil, 1971.
 
** ''The Poetics of Prose'' (1971) {{en}}
 
  
* with Oswald Ducrot (eds.), ''Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage'', Paris: Seuil, 1972; 1979.
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* ''Introduction à la littérature fantastique'', Paris, Seuil, 1970.
** [[Media:Todorov_Tzvetan_Ducrot_Oswald_Dizionario_enciclopedico_delle_sciende_del_linguaggio_1972.pdf|''Dizionario enciclopedico delle scienze del linguaggio'']], trans. Giovanni Caravaggi, intro. Giulio C. Lepschy, Milan: Isedi, 1972. {{it}}
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** ''The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre'', trans. Richard Howard, 1973. {{en}}
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** ''Introducere în literatura fantastică'', Bucharest: Univers, 1973. {{ro}}
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** ''Introducción a la literatura fantástica'', trans. Silvia Delpy, Mexico: Silvia Delpy, 1980; 2nd ed., 1981, [http://iesliteratura.ftp.catedu.es/lectura/cuarto_atras/imagenes/Todorov.pdf PDF], [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c5856f6c3a0e090ca10500 ARG]. {{es}}
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* ''Poétique de la prose'', Paris: Seuil, 1971, 1978, [[Media:Todorov_Tzvetan_Poetique_de_la_prose_1978.pdf|PDF]], [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=18CC47CABADC6148CD1C2A5075EB29CC PDF], [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/589c69a79ff37c2539b6a38d ARG].
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** ''The Poetics of Prose'', 1971. {{en}}
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* editor, with Oswald Ducrot, ''Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage'', Paris: Seuil, 1972; 1979, [[Media:Ducrot_Oswald_Todoov_Tzvetan_Dictionnaire_encyclop%C3%A9dique_des_sciences_du_langage_1972.pdf|PDF]].
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** ''Dizionario enciclopedico delle scienze del linguaggio'', trans. Giovanni Caravaggi, intro. Giulio C. Lepschy, Milan: Isedi, 1972, [[Media:Todorov_Tzvetan_Ducrot_Oswald_Dizionario_enciclopedico_delle_sciende_del_linguaggio_1972.pdf|PDF]]. {{it}}
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** ''Diccionario enciclopédico de las ciencias del lenguaje'', trans. E. Pezzoni, Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 1974, [[Media:Todorov_Tzvetan_Ducrot_Oswald_Diccionario_enciclop%C3%A9dico_de_las_ciencias_del_lenguaje_1974.pdf|PDF]]. {{es}}
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* ''Théories du symbole'', Paris: Seuil, 1977.
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* ''Symbolisme et interprétation'', Paris: Seuil, 1978.
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* ''Les genres du discours'', Paris: Seuil, 1978.
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* editor, with J. Apresjan and F. G. Lounsbury, ''Investigaciones semánticas'', Buenos Aires: Nueva Visión, 1978, 137 pp, [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=ADB7D074C1684B59C35F8997510181EC PDF]. {{es}}
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* ''Mikhaïl Bakhtine. Le principe dialogique suivi de Ecrits du Cercle de Bakhtine'', Paris: Seuil, 1981, 318 pp.
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** ''Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle'', trans. Wlad God­zich, University of Minnesota Press, 1984. {{en}}
  
* ''Introduction to Poetics'' (1981)
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* ''La conquête de l'Amérique'', Paris: Seuil, 1982.
* ''The Conquest of America'' (1982)
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** ''The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other'', trans. Richard Howard, New York: Harper & Row, 1982, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58bfe6c3a0eda0b487d00 ARG]. {{en}}
* ''Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle'' (1984)
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* ''Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps'' (1991)
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* ''Frêle bonheur. Essai sur Rousseau'', Paris: Hachette, 1985.
* ''On Human Diversity'' (1993)
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** ''Frail Happiness: An Essay on Rousseau'', trans. John T. Scott and Robert D. Zaretsky, University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001, [[Media:Todorov_Tzvetan_Frail_happiness_an_essay_on_Rousseau_2001.pdf|PDF]], [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=4C8B9EF547BDDB5B56F61C853E9A531F PDF], [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5834d4909ff37c59d915fea6 ARG]. {{en}}
* ''Hope and Memory'' (2000)
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* ''Imperfect Garden: The Legacy of Humanism'' (2002)
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* ''Nous et les autres: la réflexion française sur la diversité humaine'', Paris: Seuil, 1989, 452 pp.
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** ''On Human Diversity: Nationalism, Racism, and Exoticism in French Thought'', trans. Catherine Porter, Harvard University Press, 1993, xvi+424 pp. {{en}}
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* ''Les morales de l'histoire'', Paris: Grasset, 1991, 308 pp.
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** ''The Morals of History'', trans. Alyson Waters, University of Minnesota Press, 1995, xx+228 pp, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58dd26c3a0ec1114b1a00 ARG]. {{en}}
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* ''Face à l'extrême'', Paris: Seuil, 1991, 345 pp.
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** ''Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps'', trans. Arthur Denner and Abigail Pollak, New York: Metropolitan Books, 1996, 307 pp. {{en}}
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* ''La Vie commune: essai d'anthropologie générale'', Paris, Seuil, 1995.
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** ''Life in Common: An Essay in General Anthropology'', trans. Katherine Golsan and Lucy Golsan, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2001, [[Media:Todorov_Tzvetan_Life_in_Common_An_Essay_in_General_Anthropology_2001.pdf|PDF]], [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C9411696E7AEA9137646BB4CA76CCC92 PDF], [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c5856f6c3a0e090c1e0d00 ARG]. {{en}}
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* ''Benjamin Constant, La Passion démocratique'', Paris: Hachette Littératures, 1997.
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** ''Benjamin Constant. A Passion for Democracy'', trans. Alice Seberry, New York: Algora, 1999, [[Media:Todorov_Tzvetan_A_Passion_for_Democracy_1999.pdf|PDF]]. {{en}}
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* ''L'Homme dépaysé'', Paris, 1998.
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** ''Omul dezrădăcinat'', trans. Ion Pop, Iași: Institutul European, 1999. {{ro}}
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* ''Le jardin imparfait: la pensée humaniste en France'', Paris: Grasset, 1998.
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** ''Imperfect Garden: The Legacy of Humanism'', trans. Carol Cosman, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002, [https://1lib.cz/book/965033/f597a9 PDF], [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58dd26c3a0ec1110a0900 ARG]. {{en}}
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* ''Hope and Memory'', 2000. {{en}}
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* ''Mémoire du mal, tentation du bien. Enquête sur le siècle'', Paris: Robert Laffont, 2001, 358 pp.
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** ''Memoria răului, ispita binelui. O analiză a secolului'', trans. Magdalena Boiangiu and Alexandru Boiangiu, Bucharest: Curtea veche, 2002. {{ro}}
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* ''La peur des barbares'', Paris: Robert Laffont, 2008.
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** ''The Fear of Barbarians: Beyond the Clash of Civilizations'', trans. Andrew Brown, University of Chicago Press/Polity Press, 2010, [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=A4F1C3DAB03B783FC902225C0A4071B6 PDF], [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/58a049e09ff37c253ab6ac2e ARG]. {{en}}
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** ''La paura dei barbari. Oltre lo scontro delle civiltà'', Garzanti, 2011, [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=0445DEAD57C34103F0FC64EBF003A0A3 EPUB]. {{it}}
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* ''The Limits of Art: Two Essays'', trans. Gila Walker, London: Seagull, 2010, 100 pp, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5d5adfa49ff37c3280622bcd ARG]. {{en}}
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzvetan_Todorov
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzvetan_Todorov
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* http://www.signosemio.com/todorov/index-en.asp
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[[Category:Semiotics|Todorov, Tzvetan]]

Latest revision as of 16:18, 5 March 2022

Tzvetan Todorov [Цветан Тодоров] (March 1, 1939 – February 7, 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, literary critic, sociologist and essayist.

Books[edit]

(in French unless noted otherwise)

  • Théorie de la littérature, textes des formalistes russes, Paris: Seuil, 1965.
  • Littérature et signification, Paris: Larousse, 1967.
  • Poétique, Paris: Seuil, 1968, 112 pp.
    • Introduction to Poetics, trans. Richard Howard, intro. Peter Brooks, Brighton: Harvester Press, 1981; University of Minnesota Press, 1981, xxxii+83 pp. (English)
  • Grammaire du "Décaméron", Paris: Mouton, 1969.
  • Introduction à la littérature fantastique, Paris, Seuil, 1970.
    • The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre, trans. Richard Howard, 1973. (English)
    • Introducere în literatura fantastică, Bucharest: Univers, 1973. (Romanian)
    • Introducción a la literatura fantástica, trans. Silvia Delpy, Mexico: Silvia Delpy, 1980; 2nd ed., 1981, PDF, ARG. (Spanish)
  • Poétique de la prose, Paris: Seuil, 1971, 1978, PDF, PDF, ARG.
    • The Poetics of Prose, 1971. (English)
  • editor, with Oswald Ducrot, Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage, Paris: Seuil, 1972; 1979, PDF.
    • Dizionario enciclopedico delle scienze del linguaggio, trans. Giovanni Caravaggi, intro. Giulio C. Lepschy, Milan: Isedi, 1972, PDF. (Italian)
    • Diccionario enciclopédico de las ciencias del lenguaje, trans. E. Pezzoni, Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 1974, PDF. (Spanish)
  • Théories du symbole, Paris: Seuil, 1977.
  • Symbolisme et interprétation, Paris: Seuil, 1978.
  • Les genres du discours, Paris: Seuil, 1978.
  • editor, with J. Apresjan and F. G. Lounsbury, Investigaciones semánticas, Buenos Aires: Nueva Visión, 1978, 137 pp, PDF. (Spanish)
  • Mikhaïl Bakhtine. Le principe dialogique suivi de Ecrits du Cercle de Bakhtine, Paris: Seuil, 1981, 318 pp.
    • Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle, trans. Wlad God­zich, University of Minnesota Press, 1984. (English)
  • La conquête de l'Amérique, Paris: Seuil, 1982.
    • The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other, trans. Richard Howard, New York: Harper & Row, 1982, ARG. (English)
  • Frêle bonheur. Essai sur Rousseau, Paris: Hachette, 1985.
    • Frail Happiness: An Essay on Rousseau, trans. John T. Scott and Robert D. Zaretsky, University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001, PDF, PDF, ARG. (English)
  • Nous et les autres: la réflexion française sur la diversité humaine, Paris: Seuil, 1989, 452 pp.
    • On Human Diversity: Nationalism, Racism, and Exoticism in French Thought, trans. Catherine Porter, Harvard University Press, 1993, xvi+424 pp. (English)
  • Les morales de l'histoire, Paris: Grasset, 1991, 308 pp.
    • The Morals of History, trans. Alyson Waters, University of Minnesota Press, 1995, xx+228 pp, ARG. (English)
  • Face à l'extrême, Paris: Seuil, 1991, 345 pp.
    • Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps, trans. Arthur Denner and Abigail Pollak, New York: Metropolitan Books, 1996, 307 pp. (English)
  • La Vie commune: essai d'anthropologie générale, Paris, Seuil, 1995.
    • Life in Common: An Essay in General Anthropology, trans. Katherine Golsan and Lucy Golsan, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2001, PDF, PDF, ARG. (English)
  • Benjamin Constant, La Passion démocratique, Paris: Hachette Littératures, 1997.
    • Benjamin Constant. A Passion for Democracy, trans. Alice Seberry, New York: Algora, 1999, PDF. (English)
  • L'Homme dépaysé, Paris, 1998.
    • Omul dezrădăcinat, trans. Ion Pop, Iași: Institutul European, 1999. (Romanian)
  • Le jardin imparfait: la pensée humaniste en France, Paris: Grasset, 1998.
    • Imperfect Garden: The Legacy of Humanism, trans. Carol Cosman, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002, PDF, ARG. (English)
  • Hope and Memory, 2000. (English)
  • Mémoire du mal, tentation du bien. Enquête sur le siècle, Paris: Robert Laffont, 2001, 358 pp.
    • Memoria răului, ispita binelui. O analiză a secolului, trans. Magdalena Boiangiu and Alexandru Boiangiu, Bucharest: Curtea veche, 2002. (Romanian)
  • La peur des barbares, Paris: Robert Laffont, 2008.
    • The Fear of Barbarians: Beyond the Clash of Civilizations, trans. Andrew Brown, University of Chicago Press/Polity Press, 2010, PDF, ARG. (English)
    • La paura dei barbari. Oltre lo scontro delle civiltà, Garzanti, 2011, EPUB. (Italian)
  • The Limits of Art: Two Essays, trans. Gila Walker, London: Seagull, 2010, 100 pp, ARG. (English)

Links[edit]