Mariano Marcos State University COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION Laoag City

1. Mariano Marcos State University COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION Laoag City

2. THE THEORY OF SEMIOTICS/SEMIOLOGY IN LITERATURE: A Study Guide on the Poem, A LOVER’S WORDS by Rafael Zuluetada Costa

3. BACKGROUND OF THE THEORY OF SEMIOTICS/SEMIOLOGY IN LITERATURE Semiotics/Semiology is the theory of sign systems. It comes from the Greek word “semeion” which means sign, and is used to describe a systematic attempt to understand what signs are and how they function.

4. Semiotician a person who studies or practices semiotics.

5. Difference of semiotics and semiology. "The terms semiology and semiotics are both used to refer to the ‘science of signs, the only difference between them being that semiology is preferred by Europeans, out of deference to Saussure’s coinage of the term, and semiotics tends to be preferred by English speakers, out of deference to the American Peirce."

6. THE GENERAL PRECEPTS ofSEMIOTICS

8. REFERENT lover’s words Chorus Song SIGNIFIER SIGNIFIED

10. The Semiotic Formula WORDS CHORUS Great center song Ringingly bright Luminous Shining LOVER SONG = lover must be a song that is greater than a chorus. =

11. THEguide questions

12. What words in the literary piece can be dominantly considered as signs?

13. Do the three types of signs (icons, indexes, and symbols) present in the literary text? • Do the signs used in the literary piece appear in a threefold process, which includes syntax (the study of the relationships among signs), semantics (dealing with the relationships between signs and the objects signified), and pragmatics (dealing with the relationships between signs and their interpreter?

14. Is the meaning of the literary piece produce by the structures of interdependent signs ? • Can the signs be interconnected to derive on a universal truth?

16. This PowerPoint presentation THE THEORY OF SEMIOTICS/SEMIOLOGY IN LITERATURE: A Study Guide on the Poem, A LOVER’S WORDS by Rafael Zuluetada Costa was formulated to address the needs of the students as well as the teachers in studying literary criticism. Furthermore, this could be a useful guide for the Literary Criticism students for it serves as an avenue for them to learn the theory of semiotics as well as to facilitate in analyzing different literary pieces using this theory. Moreover, this presentation includes a Philippine Literary poem which will be helpful for the Filipino Students since there is a shortage of published Philippine Literary Pieces.

17. This PowerPoint presentation THE THEORY OF SEMIOTICS/SEMIOLOGY IN LITERATURE: A Study Guide on the Poem, A LOVER’S WORDS by Rafael Zuluetada Costa was created by John Jufel Simpliciano and Neil Patrick Nolasco with their consultant Professor Jahnese Asuncion. This presentation is one of the collection of presentations about the different trends and theories of Literary Criticism by the BSE Junior students of Mariano Marcos State University – College of Teacher Education major in English, taking up Literary Criticism subject.

18. About the writers JOHN JUFEL VALDEZ SIMPLICIANO is currently taking up the degree of Bachelor in Secondary Education with English as his field of specialization at the Mariano Marcos State University – College of Teacher education (CTE), Laoag City. At present, he is the lay-out Editor of the CTE Bulletin, the official school paper of the college.

19. About the Editor /Consultant Jahnese Domingo-Asuncion is a professor at the Mariano Marcos State University – College of Teacher education (CTE), Laoag City. She finished the degrees of Bachelor in Secondary Education, major in English and Minor in Social Studies; and Masters of Arts in Education, major in Language and Literature at MMSU. She is currently enrolled in Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics. She teaches Language and Literature courses in the collegiate level. She was also involved in training Korean and Chinese students in the English Crash Course Program for foreign students of CTE. She is currently the co-adviser of CTE Bulletin and the Coordinator of Student Activities.

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