References: * Chandler‚ Daniel (2002) Semiotics: The Basics. London: Routledge. * Barthes‚ Roland (1973/ 1974) S/Z. London: Cape * Broto
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Post Structuralism And Deconstruction . · without a fixed point of reference against which to measure movement we cannot tell whether or not you are moving at all. · · Post Structuralism accuse of not following through the omplications of the views about language on which their intellectual system is based. · Post structuralism says‚ in effect‚ that fixed intellectual reference points are pemanently removed by properly taking on board what structuralists said about language. · We could
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way for new ways of thinking and a new theoretical base when criticising art‚ literature‚ sexuality and history. John Fowles’ 1969 historical bricolage‚ The French Lieutenant’s Woman‚ utilises the ideas of postmodern theorists such as Foucault‚ Barthes and Sartre amongst others to form a postmodern double-coded discourse which examines values inherent in the Victorian era from a twentieth century context. The novel’s use of intertextuality‚ metafiction and its irreverent attitude can be seen as
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life‚ telling stories and constructing law. In essence narrative is a tool which allows us to empathise with others‚ an intrinsic trait unto our own humanity. Thus‚ "Like life itself‚ it is there‚ international‚ transhistorical‚ transcultural" (Barthes‚ 237). This is often done through an author’s ability to evoke an emotional response from their audience and can be demonstrated through the comparison of Raine’s ’A martian sends a postcard home.’ (1979) & James Joyce’ ’Eveline’ (1914). A definition
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Hall (2003) proposed that culture that plays a primary role in how meaning is constructed. A basic genetic feature of human beings is the ability to classify‚ and a system of classification (the way in which we can conceptually group information) is learnt in society. Therefore‚ culture consists of our shared conceptual maps. ’Translatability is not given by nature nore fixed by the gods. It is the result of a set of social conventions.’ (Hall 2003). Over time‚ speakers of a culture have come
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Choose a particular media and cultural form or practice. Explain how you might locate your chosen example within a circuit of culture‚ and identify the sort of issues you might raise at each point on the circuit‚ drawing on your knowledge of the questions‚ problems and approaches explored on the module during the year. This illustrative example works around the material explored in the very first session on this module‚ and is designed to provide you with some ideas about how to approach this
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essence of an individual’s mind‚ which is constantly moving‚ and often thinks of things unrelated to one’s current position in regards to place and time. With reference to Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy and three narrative theorists: Plato‚ Roland Barthes‚ and Paul de Man‚ this paper will assess the ways in which Sterne stage narrative as a defective tool of accounting for life events. Ultimately‚ Sterne’s effort to present a detailed story of his life becomes a means in which he points to a larger
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Lecture1 : Review: Last week we talked about interpersonal communications. Gofman’s argument that people put on a front or a face. Comm is dramaturgical. Different circumstances call for different aspects of yourself to be brought into the public sphere. We all know that everybody is putting up a front and acting. It is in the acting that society comes together and is able to live together. Gofman is continuation of Katz two step flow‚ role of opinion leaders‚ and importance of people in comm
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"You can bend it and twist it; you can misuse and abuse it‚ but even God cannot change the reality‚" the famous Michael Levy once said. This emblematic quotation assigns the pivotal basis for human beings upon which all other concepts are measured. It is the "reality" that none pursue but all worship. Since literary works spot the light on realities that people conceal‚ it is where binary oppositions are truly presented. D. H Lawrence’s "The Rocking Horse Winner" is no exception. By presenting two
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In his article “Myth”‚ Russell T. McCutcheon offers many academic views on what myth is‚ but his own definition seems to stray far from popular thinking. McCutcheon seems to prefer the school of thought that sees myth not as extraordinary but as ordinary made extraordinary.(McCutcheon p200) He construes myth as a method of social construction used by particular individuals‚ groups or ruling powers to give divine legitimacy; through the use of omnipotent rhetoric‚ to their own desires for the function
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