Semiotic

Question 0

Connotes

Answer 0

What it indirectly suggests

Question 1

Denote

Answer 1

What it directly shows

Question 2

Oppositional reading

Answer 2

Reading of a cultural text that challenges the preferred reading; proposes an interpretation that resists the normative view, seeking to uncover a political subtext

Question 3

Abduction

Answer 3

Process of arriving at an interpretation by seeking the most plausible explanation for something

Question 4

Overdetermined

Answer 4

They can have more than one cause or explanation

Question 5

Essential formula for interpreting popular cultural signs

Answer 5

Situating signs within systems of related phenomena with which they can be associated and differentiated

Question 6

Outlaw hero

Answer 6

Someone who serves society, but not necessarily according to the established rules or laws

Question 7

Denotation

Answer 7

Of a sign is its first level of meaning which you have to be able to understand before you can move to the next level

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

What it indirectly suggests, the connotation of a sign takes you to its political or cultural significance

Question 9

Oppositional reading

Answer 9

Moving into genre and connotation - this challenges the preferred reading, which would take the text at face value, accepting its representation as normative and natural; produces that which resists the normative view (universal/new criticism), seeking to uncover a political subtext

Question 10

Abduction

Answer 10

The process of arriving at an interpretation by seeking the most plausible explanation for something. No one can absolutely prove a semiotic interpretation, but the more material you can bring into your systems of related and differentiated signifiers, the more convincing your movement from denotation to connotation will be

Question 11

Overdetermination…

Answer 11

Abduction reveals the overdetermined nature of texts: cultural signs (texts) are usually overdetermined: that is to say, they can have more than one cause or explanation. This is especially true for what we consider rich cultural signs, ones that have had a long-standing effect on our tastes and habits. Indeed, the more causes behind a cultural phenomenon, the more popular it is likely to be

Question 12

Steps for semiotic

Answer 12

Associate, differentiate, interpret