Theory of Lotman Y. M. and French and Italian semiotics

The works of Lotman Y.M. have influenced the theoretical basis of semiosis of literary text not only in Russia, but Europe as well. Spatiality as an organizational principle, a piece of art as the final model of the infinite world and other ideas are the greatest contribution of Lotman into the discussion on relations between text and reality. His idea of semiosphere fits into the context of semiotic workings of many modern European thinkers, whom Y. Lotman has been communicating with.