Roland Barthes

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Roland Barthess

• The Structuralist Activity
• Student Edition
• Based on a presentation by Liane Katzenstein
• Created by Brett Ader
• Edited by Dr. Kay Picart

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What is Structuralism?
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Saussures Terms

• Signifier/Signified
• Signifier- __________________________________
• Signified- __________________________________
• Example?

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Saussures Terms Continued

• Synchronic/Diachronic
• Synchronic- _________________________________
  ____________________________________________
• Diachronic- __________________________________
  ____________________________________________

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Can you define and give an example of Simulacrum?
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Discussion Question
By studying the form rather than the content,
what does that do to the authors message?
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Dissection

• Dissection- ______________________________________
  __________ or mobile fragments

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Articulation

• Once the units are posited (Fixed), structural
  man must discover in them or establish for them
  certain rules of association (Barthes 1129)
• Form- _____________________________
  __________________________________

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Discussion Question
What similarities or differences do you see
between Barthes and Foucault?
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What are Barthes Goals of Structuralism?
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Accusations Against Structuralism

• Structuralism emphasizes synchronic over
  diachronic and thus fails to account for
  historical change
• Discussion Question
• Do you believe that this statement is true?