Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Barthes 5 codes

The Hermeneutic code - this is something that is not fully explained and so becomes a mystery to the reader

The proairetic code -builds tension , this refers to an action  that gets the audience to try and guess what is going to happen next
 it works in a pair with the hermeneutic to develop a stories tension 
barthe describes it as... "...dependent on ... two sequential codes: the revelation of truth and the coordination of the actions represented: there is the same constraint in the gradual order of melody and in the equally gradual order of the narrative sequence."

The semantic code- this code refers to connotaton in a story that gives anotherl meaning over the basic  meaning of the word.

The symbolic code- similar to semantic code but at a wider level looking a the mise en scene

The cultural code-This code refers to anything that is founded on some kind of canonical works that cannot be challenged and is assumed to be a foundation for truth.

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