Reading the Kristevan Semiotic and Symbolic: Nina Sadur's "Kol'tsa" and Marina Kulakova's "Reka po imeni Master" From: Canadian Slavonic Papers | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Sutcliffe, Benjamin M | Copyright Canadian Association of Slavists Sep-Dec 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ABSTRACT:The contemporary author and playwright Nina Sadur's short story "Kol'tsa" reflects how Julia Kristeva's dichotomous concepts semiotic and symbolic work with objects and dreams influencing the lives of two teenage girls. The semiotic is chaotic and resists organization, while Kristeva links the symbolic to the rational world. "Kol'tsa" shows that ultimately coherent meaning is doomed. Marina Kulakova's prose poem "Reka po imeni Master" depicts a teacher, initially paired with the symb...

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