Text and Meaning

Authors

  • Tanaya Mohanty Dept. of Social Science Fakir Mohan University

Keywords:

Structuralism, Post Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Signification

Abstract

This article interrogates the Structuralist, Post-Structuralist and Psychoanalytic traditions to examine how meaning is generated from different popular cultural texts, and understand the complex process of meaning generation. 

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Published

2015-05-01

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Vol. 4 No. 5 (2015): APRIL 2015

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