The Semiotic Theory of Iconic Realism: Understanding the Arts through Cultural Context: 02/03/2025

Announcements:

I have demonstrated or will demonstrate the application of this theory at the following locations:

2023-25: I am writing my third book on iconic realism.

April 2022: American Conference for Irish Studies, virtual event: (This paper did not discuss Sydney Owenson.) "It’s in the Air: James Joyce’s Demonstration of Cognitive Dissonance through Iconic Realism in His Novel, Ulysses"

October, 2021: Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT: "Sydney Owenson’s use of sociolinguistics and iconic realism to defend marginalized communities in 19th century Ireland"

March, 2021: Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, North Carolina: "Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan): A Nineteenth Century Advocate for Positive Change through Creative Vision"

October, 2019: Elms College, Chicopee, Massachusetts: "A Declaration of Independence: Dissolving Sociolinguistic Borders in the Literature of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan)"

My Book on Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan)

Innovations in Rhetoric in the Writing of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan, 1781-1859) : Creating a New Type of Anglo-Irish Narration to Describe the Events of a Revolutionary Time. This book is currently housed in the following institutions: Boston College, Syracuse University, Duke University, University of Kansas, Library of Congress, The British Library, St. Pancras, London, England, Niedersächsische Staats und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München, Germany, Universitatsbibliothek, University of Basel, Switzerland, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland, NUKAT, Union Catalog of Polish Research Libraries Libraries in Poland: Białowieża; Białystok; Bydgoszcz; Dąbrowa Górnicza; Gdańsk; Gdynia; Gliwice; Katowice; Kielce; Kraków; Lublin; Łódź; Olsztyn; Opole; Poznań; Siedlce; Słupsk; Szczecin; Szczytno; Tarnów; Toruń; Warszawa; Wejherowo; Wrocł Warsaw, 00-312 Poland.

The Theory of Iconic Realism: Understanding the Arts through Cultural Context by Jeanne I. Lakatos

Iconic realism involves the placement of an icon within the midst of a unique realistic setting, out of place for this particular icon, creating a momentary static coalescence of the icon with the designated realism. Since both the icon and the realistic setting represent an aspect of a specific culture, the resulting friction between these two entities is the catalyst that generates enlightenment of a cultural dilemma. If you would like to read more, the following institutions have my book in their collections: Columbia Univ (NY), New York Univ, Vassar College (NY), Boston College, Fordham U, Yale U, Western CT State U, American U in Wash. D.C., George Washington U (Wash. D.C.), U of Virginia, Duke U., U of Georgia, U of Notre Dame, U of Michigan, U of Pittsburgh, Ohio Univ., Ohio State Univ.,Indiana U, Kansas State U, U of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Texas A & M, U of Oklahoma, Idaho State Univ., Boise State Univ., U of Colorado @ Boulder, U of Wyoming, JP Getty Research Institute, U of California Berkeley, Loyola Marymount Univ. (California), Claremont Colleges in California, U of Saskatchewan, U of Regina (Canada), U of Calgary (Canada), York U (Canada), U of Toronto (Canada), U of W. Indies (St. Augustine/Trinidad/Topago), Macquarie U (Sydney, Australia), Griffith University-Queensland College of Art Library (Australia), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia; U of Auckland, New Zealand, Nanyang Technical Univ., Singapore, Libris Consortium, Stockholm, Sweden, Erasmus Boekhandel BV (the Netherlands), Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England), British Library, (London, England), and online at Hathitrust.org (Univ. of Michigan), Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea UPV/EHU: University of the Basque Country, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Universitat Konstanz Bibliothek, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek München (Germany), Universitatsbibliothek Heidelberg (Germany), Institute National D'Histoire de L'Art (Paris, France), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., (Hong Kong, China), Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea UPV/EHU (Leioa, Spain).

Books and Articles on Semiotics

The Rhetorics and the Poetics of Aristotle (Aristotle, translated by Rhys Roberts)
Semiotics: The Basics (Daniel Chandler)
Understanding Media Semiotics (Marcel Danesi)
“Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences.” The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends (Jacques Derrida-David H. Richter, ed.)
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language (Umberto Eco)
Language as Social Semiotic: The social Interpretation of Language and Meaning (M.A.K. Halliday)
The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response (Wolfgang Iser)
Toward an Aesthetic Reception (Hans Robert Jauss-translated by Timothy Bahti
Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art (Julia Kristeva)
The Science of Stories (János László)
This is Your Brain on Music (Daniel Levitin)
Semiotic Psychology: Speech as an Index of Emotions and Attitudes (Norman Markel)
Writings in General Linguistics (Ferdinand de Saussure, translated by Carol Sanders)
The Art of Poetry (Paul Valery)

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