polina.v.godz's definitions

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only a wrapping of a semantic volume, the crest line of the plural text, arranged like a berm of possible" is a unit of text that is used in starring.

This lexia contains a cultural code.

by polina.v.godz February 20, 2013

starring

According to Roland Barthes, starring a text is a process of "separating the blocks of signification", so that the original text is "cut up into the series of brief, contiguous fragments, which we shall call lexias"(p.13, "S/Z", Roland Barthes)

Roland Barthes is starring Sarrasine by Balzac in his essay "S/Z".

by polina.v.godz February 20, 2013