An introduction to Vladimir Propp's narrative theory, 7 character types and the spheres of action, with definitions and examples.| Media Studies
Develop your understanding of the relationship between imperialism and identity by exploring cultural representations in media texts.| Media Studies
Explore the science of language and how meaning is determined by the relationships between signs in our guide to langue and parole.| Media Studies
An introduction to Propp's constant elements that underline all narratives in our summary of his 31 functions.| Media Studies
Develop your understanding of how films construct meaning through their structure with our introduction to "La Grand Syntagmatique".| Media Studies
Find out more about the important structuralist theory of binary opposition with our definition and examples from the media.| Media Studies
Definitions and examples of Roland Barthes' two fundamental themes of photography (the studium and punctum) from Camera Lucida.| Media Studies