Semiotic Theory in Literature Classes

Velinova, Eva (2023) Semiotic Theory in Literature Classes. In: The Barcelona Conference on Education 2023, 19-23 Sept 2023, Barcelona, Spain.

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the benefit of interpreting literary works in class, on the
one hand through an approach of free interpretation and hermeneutics, and on the other hand
with semiotics as a theory that directs the further interpreting of the literary works. The
corpus of research is based on the works of Umberto Eco, as an author of theoretical works,
but also as author of novels on which the semiotics can be applied. The research was done
with the students in order to observe how they perceive the literary works without having an
interpretive matrix at hand, and how the meanings are changed after they are being offered a
theoretical apparatus. In the second case, it is shown that many of the meanings are easier to
grasp when there is a system of theory to predict them, and the classes are easier to organize
and more effective in the end. The solutions that are ultimately obtained are more productive,
and the meanings are more precise and richer. Another question that remains to be asked is
whether the use of such interpretive models limits interpretation in other respects. We will
dwell on several works by Umberto Eco, such as Six Walks in the Fictional Woods (1994),
The Open Work (1979) and The Limits of Interpretation (1991), etc. and from the literary
works we will use the novel The Prague Cemetery (2011).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Eva Gorgievska
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2023 13:03
Last Modified:	04 Dec 2023 13:03
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32756

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