The Semiotic of Greimas, The Foundation Made easy for Everyone (Author Jocelyne Pauchard)

The author presents in this book the fifty pages of the semiotic method of Greimas as it has been presented in her master's thesis, which was submitted in May 1996 at the Faculty of Theology at Laval University (Quebec, QC, Canada). The original text has not been rewritten. The second part of the master's thesis is not presented but can be downloaded from the platform Corpus-UL. The

The method of semiotic analysis developed by Greimas is an analysis of the anthropomorphic doing. Doing includes saying. To speak is to act. By learning to identify the programs (states and transformations) and the forces at work in the manifestation of the doing, you are equipping yourself with a tool that will enable you to analyze the situations and discourses that invade the social field, and to stand firmly. A glossary of some 70 words make it a very practical tool.

Section 2 present the reports of evaluation and some letters of recommendation (authentic documents translated by the author).

This book is a very basic tool. Its contents must be understood in order to participate in the workshops or in the seminars. A basic course is given on request to facilitate the acquisition of these notions..