Literary Interdisciplinary Research

possibility of semiotic approach from the perspective of five Codes of Roland Barthes toward Interpreting “The Verb” a play by Mohammad Rezaei Rad

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Saeed Reza Khoshshans 1
Maryam Bakhtiarian 2

1 Philosophy, Philosophy of Art, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political science, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran

2 Assistant professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political science. Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch

10.30465/lir.2024.42565.1587
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to read and interpret a play titled “the verb” written by Mohammad Rezaei Rad, not by the traditional analysis of dramatic texts, but by the Roland Barthes approach to textual analysis. According to Barthes, a text is a system of codes and in order to analyze these codes, the active role of the reader (or performer) in constructing the narration and meaning-making process of the text is highly suggested. Barthes identifies five different kinds of semiotic elements that are common to all texts. He gathers these signifiers into five codes: Hermeneutic, Proairetic, Semantic, Symbolic, and Cultural that his method of textual analysis is based on these five codes. This method studies how a text is structured and meaningful and allows for various interpretations of the text by criticizing, analyzing, and decoding the five codes that are combined into lexical units within the text. Interpretations are related to the effective role of the reader or performer. This study investigates both the structural contraction of the text and possible interpretations of it by analyzing and decoding the codes of play “the Verb". On the other hand, it has explored the method of development and distribution of meaning in this text.

Keywords

The verb
code
Roland Barthes
Mohammad Rezaei Rad
semiotics

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