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Session Seven: PostStructuralism
Agenda
Structuralism a recap
Poststructuralism a
problematisation of structuralism
Poststructuralism key concepts
(?)
Addresser
message
addressee
contact
code
Jens Kirk, Dept.
of Languages an
Jakobsons Six
Functions of Verbal
Communication
Referential
Emotive
poetic
conative
phatic
metalingual
Jens Kirk, Dept.
of Languages an
Structuralism: Key
concepts
Langue
System
Rules
Code
Paradigmatic
relations
Parole
Practice
Event
Text
Syntagmatic
relations
Poststructuralism: Key
concepts
No meaning
giving centre or
origin
Discourse
Context
Language in use
Structuralism: The
sign unit
Signifier
Signified
Poststructuralism:
Signifiers
Cat
Poststructuralism key
concepts (?)
Poststructuralism key
concepts
Poststructuralism key
concepts
Diffrance
To be different (spatial concept)
To defer (temporal concept)
Poststructuralism key
concepts
Ideal real
Nature culture
Good evil
Innocence - experience
Literal figurative
Truth fiction
Story discourse (plot)