Browsing Humanities by Subject "Semiotics"
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Acknowledgeing the audience : the readers behind the success of the Afrikaans–language tabloid Kaapse Son
(North-West University, 2012)Despite a worldwide decline in newspaper sales and a fear that printed media's days are numbered, the circulation figures of South African tabloid newspapers paint a picture of a thriving industry. About seven million South ... -
An analysis of selected poems from Sefalana sa menate by L.D. Raditladi with reference to Riffaterre's and Lotman's semiotics
(North-West University, 2009)The aim of this study was to define a semiotics of poetry, to apply that semiotics to analyze seven poems by L.D. Raditladi and to determine how cultural elements are transformed in Raditladi's poems. The study comprises ... -
The articulation of context and identity in U–Carmen eKhayelitsha
(North-West University, 2012)The primary focus of this qualitative research project is on the articulation of contexts and identity in operatic texts. In literature, postmodern appropriations and re-writings of classic nineteenth-century texts have ... -
The formation and transformation of identity in the novel and film of Great expectations by Charles Dickens
(North-West University, 2008)The research done in this study was motivated by the notion that individuals (or societies) create their own reality through the specific space they occupy at a certain moment in time. This concept of reality implies an ... -
The lord of the rings : the representation of space in the novel and film texts of The return of the king
(2014)This study investigates the representation of narrative space in the novel and the film of The Return of the King. As the two representations belong to two different mediums, the theories on narrative space in the novel ... -
The reinforcement of the nature of selected South African newspapers through the application of language as a sign system
(North-West University, 2007)Language is the most common and crucial element newspapers apply to express meaning. Language is a system of linguistic signs combined by rules to create meaning. Newspapers use language, among other or sign systems (e.g. ... -
Die representasie van die visie in die verhalende prosa van Elsabe Steenberg
(1997)Elsabe Steenberg's oeuvre, consisting among others of forty two stories in book format, has four target groups -- preschool children, young children, teenagers and adults. Her narrative work is so richly ... -
Saartjie by Hendrik Hofmeyr : sign systems and context
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The main aim of this dissertation is to investigate how context is constructed in Hendrik Hofmeyr’s opera Saartjie through the verbal and non-verbal sign systems. In this qualitative study, I have followed a combined ... -
'n Vergelykende ondersoek na die uitbeelding van identiteit in gekose dokumentasie van die Performance art-werke van Cindy Sherman en Berni Searle
(North-West University, 2008)In this dissertation two art works of two female artists, Cindy Sherman and Berni Searle, are analysed comparatively using a method developed in semiotics. The artworks of Sherman that are used in this dissertation forms ...