Structuralism

What is literary deconstructionism? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary deconstructionism is the “literary analysis that questions the fundamental conceptual distinctions, or “oppositions”, in Western philosophy through a close examination of the language and logic of philosophical and literary texts”. In other words it means that the reader makes the text what they want it to be, they cannot assume that the writer is implying anything by the words he has written; the text can have a different

3. Roland Barthes developed a range of semiotic tools to analyse the cultural meanings that are conveyed in advertising images, in a particular context. Using these semiotic tools, select and analyse four magazine adverts. This essay will discuss Roland Barthes’ ideas and his semiotic tools, and will also look at how Barthes uses these tools to analyse images and how they make us think. Roland Barthes was a French philosopher who wrote many books about the literary theory and semiotics. His writing

When it comes to global management, a manager must be educated on the country in which he or she is doing business with. Global managers are expected to effectively interact with employees, supplier’s customers or partners from foreign countries in order to reach their organization’s goals. In addition they must be well cultured and adaptable, lack of these skills can be detrimental to a business’ success and can lessen opportunities for that company. For example, my Kinicki and Williams (2013) talk

The conflict within Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo seems to arise from the Eulalie’s foreignness, however; it arises from both party’s lack of knowledge of the others culture and Ato’s new Americanized beliefs. The world is comprised of diverse cultures and beliefs. Ideals of one’s culture can be tested when influences from the outside changed a person’s ideals. In Dilemma of a Ghost, not only does culture conflict arise between Ato’s wife Eulalie and Esi but also from Ato himself and how his

The Comparison and Contrast between Formalist and Functionalist Stylistics There are several differences way how formalist and functionalist analyze a text. The formalists consist of Roman Jakobson’s poetic function of language, Viktor Shklovsky’s defamiliarisation and Vladimir Propp’s the morphology of the folktale. Besides, the functionalist consists of Halliday with his tripartite functions (ideational, interpersonal, and textual). Both differences will explain below. The first part will flesh

Cultural Identity: Thoughts and Ideas of Cultural Identity Cultural identity refers to identification with, or sense of belonging to, a particular group based on various cultural categories, including nationality, ethnicity, race, gender, and religion (2014). These identities are gained through ones own experiences. The study of cultural identities offers rich understandings for both oneself and others. In the world one lives in today, it has one becoming increasingly diverse; the study of cultural

Introduction Semiotics can be defined as the study of symbols and signs particularly with regard to how they are used to create meaning and communicate it to others. Semiotics also offers tools that make it possible to uncover the cultural conventions and codes that highlight the period to which a setting was placed and interpret meanings behind the symbols (Berger, 2014). In the pilot episode of “That 70s Show”, it is possible to apply semiotic analysis since there are various signs

Anthropologists study humans and how they interact with each other and how they adapt and evolve. Human beings are exactly the same, composition, same need for water, and the need to eat food, but no matter what they all have in common; they still vary in cultures and thoughts and upbringings. The one thing that a culture has that most anthropologists experience is a different reality. A reality that is so different and vast that it overwhelms the researcher. This is an overwhelming experience which

In the French theorist’s Roland Barthes’s essay, “The Death of the Author,” he explores that reading is done through a lens of the authors life. According the Dictionary.com, to read is to “comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.” Barthes argues that the reader spends to much time allowing the author’s identity to get in the way of comprehending the meaning of the ‘written or printed matter.’ He then goes on

Julie Becker was born in 1972, and passed away in 2016 at the age of 43[i]. Los Angeles was an integral part of her life as she grew up, created, and died in L.A; however she studied briefly at Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin in 1991 and completed a residency in Basel, Switzerland at Stiftlung Laurenz-Haus Foundation. Becker was the daughter of artists[ii], and subsequently grew up in constant travel from one apartment to the next while her parents worked odd jobs to survive. In lieu of finishing her