Roland Barthes (1913-1980)
Ronald Barthes is known for the time
devoted to the study of signs, semiology. This discipline, understands that human
beings are communicated not only through sign language (the language) but also
other cultural elements such as clothing, hairstyles, gestures, images, shapes
and colors in order to convince each other regarding the emotions, values and
images that we wish to convey.
The natural thing
Barthes noted that often make the mistake of calling "natural" to
what we consider socially acceptable, morally desirable or aesthetically
pleasing. Indeed, it is natural to eat, sleep, have sex and use language ...
However, what we eat, when to sleep, how to have sex and what words we use is
something that varies according to culture or subculture of which it forms
part.
The performance and signs
In his essay "Le monde ou l'on catch," Barthes explains in his
explanation regarding what happens in the mind of the reader of fiction or the
public of the theater. Its work is based on an analysis of "Catch"
what we might describe as "strife indents", a show that is different
from a sport genuine contenders did not compete because the "real"
and not hard to conceal them either, that is, act without getting hurt in order
to reiterate the role, night three nights. What Barthes points out is that the
public knows that the battle is feigned.
Barthes establishes an analogy between the viewer to catch a fight and the
public in a theatrical show or a novel of fiction. As well as murderous Othello
not "really" a drama about Desdemona (and the public knows it, though
it may be moved), the fighters did not catch the stick in "reality". These
are just signs that lack of content "real"
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