Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Semiotics and Representation Notes

Representation- Something that represents something else/something that works in the absence of "the real" thing.

Semiotics- A study of signs

Context- The situation in which you have used something.

Bias- One side

Signifier is the message and signified is being decoded.

Denotation- To list what you see.

Connotation- Words that associate with the denotation.

Denotations of Henry the 8th:
Lots of clothes
Jewellery
Beard
Man/Person

Connotations of Henry the 8th:
Wealth
Rich
Six wives
Moody
King
sexually aggressive

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