Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G Lecture Notes - Lacta, Roland Barthes, Literary Theory
9 Jul 2014
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The great family of man roland barthes. A course in general linguistics ferdinand de saussure. Chapter 6: structuralism and post-structuralism (pg. 111-126) john story. Semiology: investigating the nature of signs and the laws governing them. Language is the only human practice that can turn itself into an object of inquiry. We need to use language to explore language -> the pursuit of language is always self-referential. Our world is thick with signs and language: by naming and representing the world we add layers of meaning to it; revealing a system of distinctions, categories, rules, and grammars through which meaning is created. Structuralism is concerned with the underlying relations of texts and practices. Applied sassure"s theory of language and applied it to cultural systems: folk tales, films, fashion, advertising, Meaning is found in the analysis of their component parts and the relationship between these parts.
