Quiz on Structuralism to Text Semiotics

Who is the most handsome in this class?

• Jamet

• Kerol

• Prof. Amir

• Pikri

Who introduced Structural Semantics in 1966?

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Algirdas Julien Greimas

• Claude Lévi-Strauss

• Julia Kristeva

What are the two main areas of interpretation identified by Greimas in his generative trajectory model?

• Syntax and Semantics

• Semionarrative structures and Discoursive structures

• Narrative semantics and Discoursive syntax

• Textual structures and Global structures

What does Greimas refer to as the basic building blocks for all stories?

• Nuclear and Contextual semes

• Characters and Events

• Semio-narrative structures

• Thematic and Figurative isotopies

According to Greimas, what is the main difference between semes and sememes?

• Sememes represent meanings made up of different semes, while semes are the smallest parts of meaning in words

• Sememes are surface meanings, while semes are deep meanings

• Sememes are individual words, while semes are phrases

• Sememes are related to syntax, while semes are related to semantics

What does Greimas describe as the glue that holds different parts of a conversation together?

• Isotopy

• Metasememes

• Biisotopy

• Plurior polyisotopy

Which concept introduced by Kristeva explains the communication interconnections between a text and other texts and contexts?

• Semanalysis

• Intertextuality

• Genotext

• Isotopy

What does Eco define as anything that can be used to tell a lie?

• Sign Production

• Definition of Signs

• Semiotic Theory

• Codes and Conventions

According to Eco, what are systems of conventions that govern how signs are used and interpreted?

• Open and Closed Texts

• Model Reader

• Codes and Conventions

• Semiotic Praxis

What does Eco differentiate between to highlight the limitations of structuralist analysis?

• Limits of Interpretation

• Semiotic and Symbolic

• Interpretation and Cooperation

• Open and Closed Texts