Groupe µ is the collective pseudonym under which a group of Belgian 20th-century semioticians wrote a series of books, presenting an exposition of modern semiotics. This interdisciplinary group works out of the Center of Poetic Studies at the University of Liège, in Belgium, and was formed in 1967. Members have included Francis Édeline, Jean-Marie Klinkenberg, Jacques Dubois, Francis Pire, Hadelin Trinon and Philippe Minguet, with several other associate members. Some of their early work in the 1960s dealt with linguistically-oriented topics such as polysemous language, and the nature of synecdoche and metaphor. In the 1970s and 80s they worked on developing a theoretical approach towards visual rhetoric and visual semiotics that involved classifying images according to their differences from plastic and iconic norms.
Bibliography
- Rhétorique générale (1970)
- Rhétorique de la poésie : lecture linéaire, lecture tabulaire (1977)
- Collages (1978)
- Plan d'une rhétorique de l'image (1980)
- Traité du signe visuel: Pour une rhétorique de l'image (1992)
