the constructionist Or is meaning constructed in and through language? this perspective has had the most significant impact on cultural studies in recent years. Two major variants or models of the constructionist approach - the semiotic approach (Ferdinand de Saussure) and the discursive approach (Michel Foucault). It is simple enough to see how we might form concepts for things we can perceive -people or material objects‚ like chairs‚ tables and desks. But we also form concepts of rather obscure
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Approaches to Literature Structuralist- Is a theory of a human kind thought to be parts of a system of signs. It is described as a reaction to "modernist" alteration and despair. It is heavily influenced by linguistics especially by the work of Ferdinand de Saussure. Useful was Saussure’s concept of phoneme which is the smallest basic speech sound or unit of pronunciation‚ the idea that phoneme exists in two kinds of relationships (diachronic and synchronic). Diachronic is a "horizontal" relationship with
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DEFINITION OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM A type of cultural criticism‚ postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively‚ it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism (1978)‚ Edward Said‚ a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies‚ focused on the way
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1. Literature and Literary Theory * Today with the impact of literary theory to the study of literature‚ the latter is seen as an are in a state of flux. * Literature as a body of writing together with it’s moral and aesthetic qualities‚ can be seen as a site of struggle where meanings are contested rather than regarded something possessing timeless and universals values and truths. * Theories aim to explain or demystify some of the assumptions or beliefs implicit in literature and literary
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the turn of the 20th century in the works of many linguists‚ among them the Russian linguists I. A. Baudoin de Courtenay‚ A. A. Potebnya and others. The originator of the systemic approach in linguistics is considered to be a Swiss scholar Ferdinand de Saussure. He was the first to divide the phenomenon of language in general (in French: ‘language’) into two sides: an ‘executive’ side (‘parole’)‚ concerned with the production‚ transmission‚ and reception of speech‚ and an underlying language system (‘langue’)
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readers may not realise that they all instinctively follow the same basic guidelines‚ whether it is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1926 novel The Great Gatsby or Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Within these novels it can be seen that similar semiotic techniques have been employed to foreshadow specific plot points in the narrative‚ particularly when noticing their use of place and setting. Thus‚ both Fitzgerald and Austen utilise the place and setting of their novels as a catalyst or mode of
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Lucy-Grace Atkinson BA Hon’s Fine Art November 2010 1988 Word Count The Materials and Appropriation of Tracey Emin The Materials and Appropriation of Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin or better known as Tracey Emin was originally born in London in 1963‚ she was brought up in Margate with her twin brother Paul by their mother from a very early age (hence the well known nickname‚ ‘Mad Tracey from Margate’). From a very early age Emin was subjected to sexual abuse‚ which in turn has been the
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COM 3703 MEDIA STUDIES: MEDIA CONTENT AND MEDIA AUDIENCES SEMESTER 2‚ 2013 PORTFOLIO TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA SEMIOTICS 3 3. TEXTUAL ANALYSIS 3 4. NARRATIVE ANALYSIS 5 5. MEDIA AND VISUAL LITERACY 7 6. MEDIA‚LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE 8 7. CONCLUSION 10 8. SOURCES CONSULTED 10 9. SELF ASSESSMENT 10 10. ADDEDUM A 11. ADDENDUM B 12. ADDENDUM C 13. ADDENDUM D 14. ADDENDUM E 1. INTRODUCTION
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unique to human and this can be seen through various theories such as Noam Chomsky’s “Universal Grammar” and Critical Period Hypothesis. Unlike language‚ communication is not solely the property of humans‚ but it can be found in animals. Ferdinand de Saussure has created a structuralist view on language. This allows many theories and approaches to be invented towards breaking down as well as understanding how language works. Language has since been broken down into four divisions — Semantics‚ Pragmatics
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modify it". Furthermore‚ Ferdinand de Saussure’s work on structuralism and semiotics demonstrates the subjectivity of language and can be said to have sewn the seeds for modern concepts of intertextuality (such as those developed by Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva). Intertextuality challenges the idea of a text’s ability to be truly original and therefore disagrees with Hirsch’s theory. In this essay‚ I will focus on how conscious intertextuality as well as the semiotics involved in unconscious
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