Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Integrability Conditions For Differential Systems, Roland Barthes, Linguistic System
6 Feb 2018
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Nature of the linguistic sign from course in general linguistics. Standard", it will function to produce the same mental image: differences in handwriting doesn"t matter. Myth today from mythologies (1957: french, myths were an early attempt to think about different kinds of phenomenon, he understood that any aspect of a culture (not just high culture) could be productively approached through a critical lens. Signification: myth is about taking a pre-exiting sign and making it mean something else, something else" is always in the interest of a particular powerful person in a particular historical moment. Connotation: think about the first order in relation denotation (primary/literal meaning of something, think about second order in relation to connotation (idea or feeling that the world or meaning is an addition to the primary meaning) Example: image of dudes feet hanging over a ravine. Myth is a political concern: myth depoliticized speech (254) myth confuses nature and history.
