урс английского ¤зыка: введение в семиотику

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Lesson 1: "What is semiotics?"

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What is semiotics?

- The study of signs

- The study of Уeverything which can be used in order to lieФ (U.Eco)

- The study of meaning:
  • What does something mean?
  • How does it mean what it means?
  • Why does it mean what it means? (Danesi & Perron)
  • Example (group work, done orally):

    analyze the following files and answer the questions constituting "The study of meaning" above. Here "something" would refer to the information you'll have got from the files.

  • picture
  • text
  • sound
  • Class assignment (individual work, done orally):

    1. analyze the following files as in the "Example" above, be prepared to share the results of your work with the group;
    2. try to summarize the ideas you've heard.
  • the photo of Barack and Michelle Obama on the New York Times (29.01.09)
  • the album cover to Bob DylanТs celebrated FreewheelinТ recording 1963
  • mirroring of that album cover in the movie "Vanilla Sky" nearly 40 years later
  • Dylan's hit from "FreewheelinТ"

    from http://semiobama.blogspot.com/2008/05/welcome-to-semiobama.html

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    Resources for Lesson 1:
  • Chandler, Daniel. Semiotics for Beginners.
  • Danesi, Marcel, and Paul Perron. Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and Handbook. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1999.
  • Eco, Umberto. A Theory of Semiotics. Indiana UP, 1976.
  • ѕермский государственный университет

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