Communication, Solution and Mediality : The Paradoxical Media Discourse of Raymond Williams

Abstract

The chapter focuses on the media theory of Raymond Williams, an important British literary and cultural theorist. It traces the media problematics in his seminal texts and emphasizes his conception of communication and means of communication.

In this context it reinterprets his theory of signification systems and the notion of solution as an inspiration for contemporary theory of literature and mediality.

Keywords

• Raymond Williams
• literary theory
• cultural theory
• media theory
• communication
• signifying systems
• solution and precipitate