Tools for Text and Image Analysis

Tools for Text and Image Analysis
An Introduction to Applied Semiotics
Louis HÉBERT
2006
Tools for Text and Image Analysis
An Introduction to Applied Semiotics
Translated from the French
Author: Louis Hébert
Professor
Département de lettres
Université du Québec à Rimouski
300 allée des Ursulines
Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1
Tel: (418) 723-1986 # 1503
Fax: (418) 724-1848
Email: [email protected]
Translator: Julie Tabler
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.imt.net/~tabler
Editor: Texto!
ISSN 1773-0120
Web: www.revue-texto.net
Louis Hébert © 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... p. 5
1. ANALYTICAL TOOLS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY ARE USED
2. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLS
1. STRUCTURAL RELATIONS: HOMOLOGATION ................................................................... p. 7
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATION: "PATTERN POEM WITH AN ELUSIVE INTRUDER" BY REINHARD DÖHL
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
2. THE SEMIOTIC SQUARE ....................................................................................................... p. 18
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATIONS
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
3. THE VERIDICTORY SQUARE ................................................................................................ p. 29
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATION: MOLIÈRE'S TARTUFE
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
4. THE TENSIVE MODEL ........................................................................................................... p. 36
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATION: PASCAL'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
5. THE ACTANTIAL MODEL ...................................................................................................... p. 49
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATION : THE NEW TESTAMENT
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
6. THE NARRATIVE PROGRAM ................................................................................................ p. 57
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATIONS
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
7. THE CANONICAL NARRATIVE SCHEMA ............................................................................ p. 68
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATION: "THE CROW AND THE FOX" BY JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
8. FIGURATIVE, THEMATIC AND AXIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ................................................. p. 78
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATION: "I MISS THE LAND" BY GEORGES BOUCHARD
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
9. THYMIC ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ p. 85
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATION: "THE DOG AND THE PERFUME" BY CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
10. SEMIC ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ p. 97
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATIONS
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAMS
11. DIALOGICS ......................................................................................................................... p. 115
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATIONS
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
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12. THE SEMANTIC GRAPH .................................................................................................... p. 125
1. THEORY
2. APPLICATIONS
3. SUMMARY DIAGRAM
SYMBOLS AND GLOSSARY ................................................................................................... p. 139
1. SYMBOLS
2. GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................... p. 144
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