Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Roland Barthes Theory





1. The hermeneutic code ( The voice of the the truth)

Is the way the story avoids telling the truth or revealing all of the facts, in order to drop clues throughout that will add to the mystery

2.The Enigma/ proairetic code.( the voice of the audience) 

The way the tension is built up and the audience is left guessing what will happen next

3, The semantic code ( the voice of the person) 

The semantic code points to any element in the text that suggests a particular, often additional, meaning by way of connotation which the story suggests 

4. The symbolic code (the voice of a symbol)

Similar to the semantic code, however it acts on a wider level- organizing semantic meanings into order and deeper sets of meanings... This is typically done by the use of antithesis, where new meanings arise out of conflict and opposing ideas. 

5. The cultural code ( The voice of science)

Looks at the audiences wider cultural knowledge, mortality and ideology. This gives more context and meaning to the text. It references how we think of the world, and how we think it works. 

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