ENGL 300: Introduction to Theory of Literature
Lecture 08 - Semiotics and Structuralism. In this lecture, Professor Paul Fry explores the semiotics movement through the work of its founding theorist, Ferdinand de Saussure. The relationship of semiotics to hermeneutics, New Criticism, and Russian formalism is considered. Key semiotic binaries - such as langue and parole, signifier and signified, and synchrony and diachrony - are explored. Considerable time is spent applying semiotics theory to the example of a "red light" in a variety of semiotic contexts. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 08 - Semiotics and Structuralism |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. What is Semiology? |
| [00:08:34] | 2. "Langue" and "Parole," "Signified" and "Signifier" |
| [00:27:08] | 3. Positive and Negative Knowledge: Arbitrary and Differential |
| [00:33:11] | 4. Example: The Red Stoplight |
| [00:45:55] | 5. Synchrony and Diachrony |
| References |
| Lecture 8 - Semiotics and Structuralism Instructor: Professor Paul H. Fry. Handout: More Saussure [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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