ROLAND BARTHES “THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR” Barthes opens with a quote from Balzac’s novel Sarrasine where the author offers a description of a “castrato disguised as a woman” (142): This was woman herself‚ with her sudden fears‚ her irrational whims‚ her instinctive worries‚ her impetuous boldness‚ her fussings‚ and her delicious sensibility. (Qts. in Barthes‚ 142) Stereotypes aside‚ Barthes’ concern here is with “W ho is speaking thus” (142) in the novel: the “hero of the story” (142)? “Balzac
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Structuralism of Disgrace The dictionary definition of structuralism says: an approach that explores the relationships between fundamental elements of some kind. Coetzee’s stylish writing is rather post-structural in its’ views than structural‚ it is David the protagonist of the novel who is set in his structural ways. Coetzee prefers to write his story with more interest in the gaps‚ silences and absences of his texts. One can see this through his choice of a distant narrator‚ a narrator who
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Post-Structuralism Post-structuralism is a continuation and simultaneous rejection of structuralism – not only literary structuralism but even more so the anthropological structuralism of Levi-Strauss (Bertens‚ 2008: 93). * Post-structuralist thought has discovered the essentially unstable nature of signification. The sign is not so much a unit with two sides as a momentary ‘fix’ between two moving layers. Saussure had recognized that signifier and signified are two separate systems‚ but he
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Jacques Derrida’s “Structure‚ Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences.” In his essay Derrida‚ mainly mentions and uses five main terms; Deconstruction‚ center of the structure‚ structurality of structure‚ bricolage and totalisation. Derrida explains deconstruction as “reading the text against itself‚ reading against the grain”‚ which means deconstruction is used for to find the gaps and silences in a text which are not mentioned by the author of the text. The purpose of deconstruction
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Apple Case - Applying Roland Barthes communication theory In the following text I will introduce and summarize Roland Barthes’s communicational theory and describe its focus‚ purpose and application. Furthermore I will apply it to the Apple case: „3: Apple slogans‚ advertisements‚ and merchandize”‚ from the given material. I will attempt to give my own explanation of the function and its relevance to the example provided.
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“Dude‚ we’re completely lost.” Fluffy groaned. His tail twitched‚ displaying his agitation. “What do you know? You’re a cat.” Michelle asked incredulously. They walked side by side‚ leaving footprints in the blazing sand. The air was dusty‚ and the sun was beating down on their backs. “It’s so hot!” Carina said‚ sitting on a rock. “Wow‚ I expected the desert to have a nice breeze.” Fluffy sneered. “Well it is a desert‚ and deserts mean hot days‚ plus why did I agree with coming along?” Carina
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"If you are an IT college student‚ you are likely being gypped. Logic is no longer taught and it really is something you need. According to Roland Hughes‚ in his book‚ The Minimum You Need to Know About Logic to Work in IT‚ ""Logic is the fundamental tool of IT."" This book has nothing to do with Leonard Nimoy and Spock’s form of Logic‚ but I’ll bet that character would have had knowledge of it! This is where you will be taught what you should still be getting from college professors. So‚ what’s
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Jessica Callis Crook Eng102-24130 November 13‚ 2014 Toys vs. Technology: A Rhetorical Response to Roland Barthes’ Toys Children’s toys‚ from generation to generation have no doubt changed. I’ve seen the sock monkeys‚ rubber-band guns‚ and blinking baby dolls pulled from dusty boxes in the attic which at one point in the ancient past had been the favorite toys of my parents when they were kids. Somewhere stashed away in my own attic lays my Fisher-Price Music Box Record Player‚ my Barbies‚ and my
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The importance of Roland Barthes on Cultural Studies‚ his theory of semiotics and applying it to contemporary images of Northern Thailand. The Abstract This report will investigate the importance of Roland Barthes and his relevance to the field of Cultural Studies. It will focus on his theoretical writings about contemporary myths in Mythologies and upon photographic images in Image/Music/Text to understand and interpret contemporary images of Northern Thailand‚ specifically those of Hill
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This books name is Zach’s lie and it was written by Roland Smith it was copyrighted in 200l. On the day three masked strangers invade the Osborne house and terrorize Jack‚ his sister Joanne‚ and their mother‚ Jack’s life is changed forever. His father’s involvement in drug smuggling in South America has sent his family’s life spinning out of control. The father is committed to the Federal Detention Center‚ and Jack‚ now Zach Granger‚ is forced to change how he looks‚ give up his friends‚ and begin
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