Difference between revisions of "Semiotics II (Discussion)"
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#List two strength(s) of semiotic/structuralist analysis. List two weaknesses of this approach (no, a difficult vocabulary does not count). | #List two strength(s) of semiotic/structuralist analysis. List two weaknesses of this approach (no, a difficult vocabulary does not count). | ||
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| + | #***#Helps understand relationships | ||
| + | #***Weaknesses – | ||
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| + | #***#Not structured well, can be very broad | ||
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Revision as of 15:49, 12 November 2009
- Ellen Seiter, in Channels of Discourse, writes, "The picture [of Fangface] itself is a syntagm. ... In the paradigmatic dimension the options are a pair of categories nature/culture (or animal/human...), which is the source of the image's meaning." She continues, "...Hodge and Trip have introduced the binary opposition (nature/culture) and proceeded to organize the elements of the television image into paradigmatic sets."
- List three or four "paradigmatic sets" in the "Prophecy Girl" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Group 1 Gia or Bryan:
- Group 2 Abigail or Alex:
- Group 3 Carvel or Ryan:
- Living/Dead
- Toughness/beauty
- Reality/abnormality
- Group 4 Kara or Hannah:
- List three or four "paradigmatic sets" in the "Prophecy Girl" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- List two strength(s) of semiotic/structuralist analysis. List two weaknesses of this approach (no, a difficult vocabulary does not count).
- Group 1:
- Group 2:
- Group 3:
- Strengths-
- How the meaning is created rather then what the meaning is
- Helps understand relationships
- Weaknesses –
- There is no gray area
- Not structured well, can be very broad
- Strengths-
- Group 4:
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
- Robert C. Allen, Channels of Discourse, Reassembled, second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).
