Semiotic and Cultural Theories
| Title | Θεωρία σημειωτικής και πολιτισμού / Semiotic and Cultural Theories |
| Code | ΥΜ-1 |
| Interdepartmental Programme | Semiotics, Culture and Communication |
| Collaborating Schools | French Language and Literature Italian Language and Literature Journalism and Mass Communications Architecture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600014982 |
Programme of Study: Semiotics, Culture and Communication
Registered students: 30
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2021 – 2022 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600198296
|
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600198296
- At the Website of the School: http://dpms-semiotics.frl.auth.gr/courses-menu-gr
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=11055
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be familiar with the basic concepts of semiotic and cultural theory so that they can identify them in cultural reality and apply them in their future work and researches.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course aims to introduce students to basic concepts of semiotics and culture. More specifically, consideration is given to:
- The model of language, the notion of text in semiotics
- The typology of the sign (icon, index, symbol) and the concept of infinite semiosis (C.-S. Peirce)
- The notions of denotation and connotation, the mythologies, the notion of synergy of semiotic systems (R. Barthes)
- The concept of code (U. Eco, R. Barthes)
- The concept of Semantic Isotopies, the Semiotic Square and Binary Oposition (A.J. Greimas)
- The concepts of intertextuality and intersemiosis (J. Kristeva, R. Jakobson, S. Petrilli, P. Torop)
- The work of interpretation (U. Eco - S. Hall)
- Cultural Semiotics (from Geertz and sociosemiotics to the School of Tartu)
- The Semiosphere (J. Lotman)
- The Structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss
- Case Study I: Semiotics of Clowns (P. Bouissac)
- Case Study II: Imago Mundi and the globalisation controversy
Keywords
sign, code, text, mythologies, semiosphere, semantic isotopies
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
In the courseit will be used the elearning platform and audiovisual material.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 26 | ✓ | |||
| Fieldwork | 4 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | ✓ | |||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 8 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 120 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 198 |
Student Assessment
Description
The course includes continuous evaluation and the submission of two written essays at the end of the semester.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Barthes, R. (2007). Μυθολογίες. Μάθημα (μτφρ. Γ. Κρητικός). Αθήνα: Κέδρος.
Barthes, R. (1983). Ο φωτεινός θάλαμος. Σημειώσεις για τη φωτογραφία. Αθήνα: Κέδρος.
Barthes, R. (2007). Εικόνα-Μουσική-Κείμενο (μτφρ. Γ. Σπανός). Αθήνα: Πλέθρον.
Benveniste, E., Barthes, R., Derrida, J., Peirce, C.-S., Foucault, M. (1981). Κείμενα Σημειολογίας (μτφρ. Κ. Παπαγιώργης). Αθήνα, Νεφέλη.
Εco, U. (1994). Θεωρία της σημειωτικής. Αθήνα: Γνώση.
Fabbri, P. (2012). Η σημειωτική στροφή (μτφ. Ε. Κουρδής, Α.-Χ. Χριστοδούλου). Θεσσαλονίκη: University Press.
Hall, S. (2017). Το έργο της αναπαράστασης. Αθήνα: Πλέθρον.
Λαγόπουλος, Α.-Φ. (2004). Επιστημολογίες του νοήματος, δομισμός και σημειωτική. Θεσσαλονίκη: Παρατηρητής.
Kress, G. & Van Leeuwen, T. (2010 [1996]). Η ανάγνωση των εικόνων. Η γραμματική του οπτικού σχεδιασμού (επιμ. Φ. Παπαδημητρίου). Θεσσαλονίκη: Επίκεντρο.
Λαγόπουλος, Α.-Φ. & Boklund-Λαγοπουλου Κ. (2016). Θεωρία Σημειωτικής: η παράδοση του Ferdinand de Saussure. Αθήνα: Πατάκης.
Μοσχονάς, Σ. (2005). Ιδεολογία και γλώσσα. Αθήνα: Πατάκης.
Lotman, Y. (1990). Universe of the Mind. A Semiotic Theory of Culture. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana Up.
Lotman, J. (2005 [1984]).‘‘On semiosphere’’. Sign Systems Studies 33 (1): 205-229.
Hebdidge, D. (1981). Υπο-κουλτούρα. Το νόημα του στυλ. Αθήνα: Γνώση
Hall, S. (1973).''Encoding and Decoding in Television Discourse''.Discussion Paper. Birmingham: University of Birmingham, http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/2962/1/Hall%2C_1973%2C_Encoding_and_Decoding_in_the_Television_Discourse.pdf
Eco, U. (1985). "Για ένα σημειωτικό αντατροπόλεμο". Στο H Σημειολογία στην Καθημερινή Ζωή (Μτφ. Α. Τσοπάνογλου). Θεσσαλονίκη: Μαλλιάρης
Eco, U. (1990). Eρμηνεία και Υπερερμηνεία. Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Γράμματα
Lorusso, A.M. (2015). Cultural Semiotics. Palgrave Macmillan.
Bouissac, P. (2017). Semiotics of Clowns. London: Bloomsbury.
Κόντος, Ν. (2014). Αναζητώντας το νήμα της ερμηνείας. Για τη ρητορική και σημειωτική του μαζικού πολιτισμού. Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press.
Πασχαλίδης, Γ.(2008). "Imago Mundi και η διαμάχη περί της παγκοσμιοποίησης", Στο Ε. Χοντολίδου, Γ. Πασχαλίδης, Κ. Τσουκαλά, Α. Λάζαρης (επιμ.), Διαπολιτισμικότητα, Tαυτότητες και Παγκοσμιοποίηση. Αθήνα: Gutenberg, σσ. 35-54.
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