In today's lesson, we learnt about the 5 theories of narrative: Barthes, Aristotle, Propp, Todorov and Srauss.
Barthes suggested the text may be "open" which means unravelled in a lot of different ways, or "closed" (there is only one obvious event ) he decided there were 5 main codes in a media text and every one will have one or more of his 5 codes.
Barthes codes:
enigma (hermeneutic) code - what is happening/what will happen next, when clues are dropped but there are no clear answers, makes the audience want to know more, unanswered enigmas frustrate the audience
action (proaireti) code - sequential themese of action, add suspense
semantic code - parts within a text that suggest or refer to other meanings, elements of semantic code are called semes, these have a connotative use and add additional menaings to a liteal meaning.
symblic code - uses oposites to create contrast, create gender meaning, tension and character development.
referential code - a part of text that refers to an external knowledge such as a historical, scientific or cultural idea.
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