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Barthian Semiotics in Prince Bahram, In search of Gulandama

Author(s) -

Liaqat Iqbal,

İrfan Ullah,

Reena Khan

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

global language review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2663-3841

pISSN - 2663-3299

DOI - 10.31703/glr.2017(ii-i).05

Subject(s) - code (set theory) , semiotics , narrative , order (exchange) , sequence (biology) , the symbolic , linguistics , literature , computer science , philosophy , art , psychology , programming language , psychoanalysis , set (abstract data type) , finance , biology , economics , genetics

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan. Email: liaqatiqbal@gmail.com The paper aims at finding Ronald Barthes’ codes in the short story Prince Bahram, In Search of Gulandama. Using textual analysis, the short story was analysed in the light of Ronald Barthes five codes. It is found that almost all of Ronald Barthes’ codes: hermeneutic, proairetic, semantic, symbolic and cultural codes are present in the short story. The story has puzzles and enigmas which inspire the readers to read the story in order to answer the unanswered questions. Like other stories, in this short story too, sequence is created through proairetic code. There are implied meanings, which bring forth the semantic code. Paradoxes, where binaries are the most import elements, are represented through symbolic codes. Lastly, there are many cultural elements, showing the cultural code. These different aspects give a comprehensive narrative structure to the story. Irfan Ullah

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