SY389 Lecture Notes - Jacques Lacan, Louis Althusser, Semiotics
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Interpret story as true or false: stories are prevalent, guide interpretations of everyday life, expand notion of text to include other elements, ex. Wedding: social life abounds with such examples, ex. Semiology: the analysis of sign systems, derives from saussurian linguistics, ferdinand de saussure. Father of modern linguistics and structuralist semiology. Synchonric linguistics: prior to s, diachronic (evolution over time) Inaugurate d synchronic study how meaning is structurally created. Na ve understanding representationalism: simple relation between word and thing (point and label, na ve realism. Two different aspects of language language parole: parole. Act of speaking/writing; instantiation of langue: langue. Signification: analyzing text as sign systems: sign: union of signified and signifier, signifier: written marks or sounds etc, signified: mental images or idea from signifier. Fundamental principle governing relation signifier and signified: relationship is arbitrary, there is nothing house like about the word house, meaning is a matter of social convention.
