The concept of text, deeply rooted in the history of critical theory, encompasses several fundamental questions that have not been thoroughly explored. When semiotics is employed as a methodological framework for analyzing general narratology, previously accepted resolutions of various issues begin to reveal themselves as potentially complex or unresolved matters. One of the critical questions in this context pertains to the “integrity” of the text, specifically how the various signs can be synthesized to construct a cohesive narrative structure.