Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and HandbookDesigned for classroom use in a number of disciplines, this comprehensive introduction to cultural semiotics is also an easy-to-use reference for those who would like a better understanding of the topic. No other text provides this kind of practical framework for the classroom study of semiotics. Each of the 12 chapters is clearly written and self-contained. |
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... NARRATIVE REPRESENTATION A narrative is a text that is constructed to describe a sequence of events or actions that are felt to be logically connected to each other or caus- ally intertwined in some way . The narrative sequence may be ...
... NARRATIVE REPRESENTATION A narrative is a text that is constructed to describe a sequence of events or actions that are felt to be logically connected to each other or caus- ally intertwined in some way . The narrative sequence may be ...
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... narrative reveals what textual resources already existing in the signifying order the nar- rative - maker has drawn upon , linking h / er narrative to the culture's meaning pathways ( intertextuality ) : Text ( with a meaning ) ...
... narrative reveals what textual resources already existing in the signifying order the nar- rative - maker has drawn upon , linking h / er narrative to the culture's meaning pathways ( intertextuality ) : Text ( with a meaning ) ...
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... narrative cre- ates reality as a sequence of purposeful actions connected by its very structure to each other . The reality - inducing effect of narrative structure was evident a few decades ago in a popular program on American ...
... narrative cre- ates reality as a sequence of purposeful actions connected by its very structure to each other . The reality - inducing effect of narrative structure was evident a few decades ago in a popular program on American ...
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