STRUCTURALISM-GERARD GENETTE. Centre for Post –Graduate Studies Prof.S.Jayaraman & Research in English‚ email:jayaraman121@gmail.com Muslim Arts College‚ Thiruvithancode-629174. How does Gerard Genette view the nature of literary criticism? (Or) Elucidate the views of Gerard Genette on the nature of literary criticism. Gerard Genette is one of the most important literary theorists of the 20th century. He was very much influenced by the
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Some Preliminaries about Language IV. Define the following terms: 1. Linguistics: Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. 2. Phonology: The study of how sounds are put together and used in communication is called phonology. 3. Syntax: The study of how morphemes and words are combined to form sentences is called syntax. . 4 Design features: it referred to the defining properties of human language that tell the difference between human language that tell the difference
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Semiotic Identity by Farhad Jamalpur Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and their meaning and use. It is also defined in some dictionaries as "semantics". But semiotics is not merely about analyzing linguistic meaning; it can also deal with many concepts such as casual speech‚ commercial advertisements‚ gender relations‚ and social hierarchy. Such cultural phenomena can be studied under a microscope. Semiotic analysis can provide a fresh perspective that permits the discovery of vague
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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 did not see how unstable units of meaning can be when the systems come together (Selden & Widdowson‚ 1997: 151). * In view of post-structuralism‚ each of the signifieds
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Displacement; a shift or move in the unconscious when the mind redirects a thought or word dangerous or unacceptable and substitutes it with a more affable thought or word. Condensation; where all the different elements‚ bits and pieces of thought and dreams combine into one to make sense. In this way they can stand for several different thoughts‚ feelings‚ wishes‚ ideas‚ etc. For Freud‚ condensation and displacement / substitution were used as a defense mechanism to contain aggressive and sexual
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A binary opposition is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. It is an anthropological term proposed by Claude Levi-Strauss‚ one of the key figures of structuralism. Levi-Strauss borrowed concept from linguist de Saussure and Roman Jakobson that culture is like the language system‚ and the language system is about differences‚ and is composed of pairs of oppositions. Therefore Levi-Strauss held that cultures are structured‚ and are composed of binary opposites.
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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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ioticsSEMIOTICS SEMIOTICS 2012 Andrew West Media Studies 2012 11/12/2012 2012 Andrew West Media Studies 2012 11/12/2012 Semiotics Semiotics Semiotics is the study of signs and how the meaning behind those signs is created. Signs can take on many forms from photos‚ to words‚ smells and even objects‚ but as American philosopher Charles Sanders once said ‘Nothing is a sign unless it is interpreted as a sign’‚ which means that even though these objects exist‚ they are only considered
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Review of symbols from last week -We imbue them with meaning --Arbitrarily: no necessary connection between word and thing/meaning --Conventionality: build connections over time --Differentiality Structuralism vs. Empiricism and Pragmatism -Main differences --Empirically: all words refer to things or mental images of things (no assumptions) --Pragmatism: the use of a word is its meaning (no underlying meaning) --Structuralism: (According to Phillips) -Language examined independently
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Structure‚ Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences’ (Derrida‚ 1978: 278 293) may be read as the document of an event‚ although Derrida actually commences the essay with a reservation regarding the word "event"‚ as it entails a meaning "which it is precisely the function of structural or structuralist thought to reduce or suspect" (278). This‚ I infer‚ refers to the emphasis within structuralist discourse on the synchronous analysis of systems and relations within them‚ as opposed
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