Class notes for October
1, 2011 (Saturday)
Chapter 6, The Aesthetics
of Semiotics: Greimas, Eco, Barthes,
was read and discussed in class. There was a discussion on the semiotic
concepts of Greimas and Eco. The chapter
helped us to understand the ‘aesthetic heterogeneity
of semiotics’ and how Greimas develops a semiotic theory of the content
plane. Greimas’s structural semiotics
was discussed with the example of Oedipus Rex. The monosemic and polysemic nature
of texts were demonstrated through the structural relations in Oedipus Rex. Concepts of semantic isotopies, classemes, and sememes were discussed. The nuances
of academic writing were also discussed in class. The stress was on maintaining
a uniformity of style while writing.
citation
Pinto, Anil. Literature and Philosophy. Christ University. 1 Oct. 2011. Lecture.
Zima, Peter. The Philosophy of Modern Literary Theory. New Jersey: The Athlone Press, 1999. Print.
Bijoy Philip V.G
(1134101)
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