Курс английского языка: введение в семиотику

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Lesson 4: Paradigmatic Analysis

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Binary Oppositions (1)

Class assignment 1 (group work, done orally):

Read the lines below and fill in the table with binary oppositions based on their content.

JULIET:
Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day;
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierc'd the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree.
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
ROMEO:
It was the lark, the herald of the morn,
No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaks
Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east;
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
I must be gone and live or stay and die.

(Romeo and Juliet III, v)

Female Juliet question stays night garden nightingale death sleeping hollow
Male Romeo                

Class assignment 2 (group work, done orally):

Analize 5 sets of two pictures below and specify the binary oppositions for each set.

  1. picture 1 and picture 2
  2. picture 1 and picture 2
  3. picture 1 and picture 2
  4. picture 1 and picture 2
  5. picture 1 and picture 2

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Resources for Lesson 4:
  • Chandler, Daniel. Semiotics for Beginners.
  • Silverman, Kaja (1983): The Subject of Semiotics. New York: Oxford University Press
  • Lodge, David ([1977] 1996): The Modes of Modern Writing: Metaphor, Metonymy and the Typology of Modern Literature. London: Arnold
  • Spiggle, Susan (1998): 'Creating the Frame and the Narrative: From Text to Hypertext'. In Stern op. cit., pp. 156-190.
  • Cook, Guy (1992): The Discourse of Advertising. London: Routledge
  • Пермский государственный университет

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