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Structuralism and Semiotics

Structuralism and Semiotics. 1920’s - present. By: Madeline, Hana, Kelsie, and Sidney. kelsie sucks. Tenets of Belief. Theory of signs, or semiotics. How language constructs our sense of reality.

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Structuralism and Semiotics

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  1. Structuralism and Semiotics 1920’s - present By: Madeline, Hana, Kelsie, and Sidney kelsie sucks

  2. Tenets of Belief • Theory of signs, or semiotics. • How language constructs our sense of reality. • Ferdinand Saussure saw language as the most important sign system, and he created a two-part model: a signifier (signifiant) - the form the sign takes (the “verbal object”) the signified (signifié) - the concept it represents • A sign can be anything which stands for something else. • Signification is what a sign means. • It depends on the relationship of the two parts of the sign: signifier and signified.

  3. Founders/Example • Charles Sanders Peirce • Ferdinand de Saussure • An example of semiotics is Magritte’s Ceci N’est Pas Une Pipe, which translates to “This is not a pipe”, rather it is an image of a pipe. “It is neither a contradiction, a tautology, nor a necessary truth, since nothing can be a pipe and not a pipe at the same time.” - Gablik

  4. Authors • Early semiotic authors included • Vladimir Propp • Algirdas Julius Greimas • Viktor Shklovsky

  5. Bibliography Brizee, Allen, and J. Case Tompkins. "Welcome to the Purdue OWL." Purdue OWL: Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism. N.p., 19 Oct. 2011. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. <https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/07/>. "Media - Critical Perspectives." Media - Critical Perspectives. N.p., 15 Apr. 2013. Web. 03 Mar. 2015. <http://mandeepmedia.blogspot.com/>. "Semiotics and Structural Analysis." Semiotics and Structural Analysis. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2015. <http://www.westga.edu/~mmcfar/semiotics_and_structural_analysi.htm>. "Semiotic Literary Criticism." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 June 2014. Web. 03 Mar. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotic_literary_criticism> Viktor Shklovsky. Digital image. N.p., 23 Aug. 2011. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. <http://bigother.com/2011/08/23/using-viktor-shklovsky/viktor-shklovsky-2/>. Why didn’t the helicopter date the jet? -Kelsie Tran Because it was too plane

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