In the 1960s Lotman came into the Western academics perspective as structuralist semiotician. After 1990s,Lotman faces structuralist identity crisis. Western academics committed to enlarge deconstruction factor in its theory to shape a more open, crossborder, “Lotman”.By tracing Lotman in the West, It’s helpful not only to inspires followup study on lotman, but also to get a glimpse of the value orientation on foreign theoritical interpretation and the cultural standpoint by western academics.