INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS

INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS

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In this paper, we examine two Indian myths from Brazil, trying to emphasize their systematicity in relation to the values they convey. Focusing on the theme of the emergence of the moon, we attempt to demonstrate that such narratives form a coherent and organized whole of meaning, which includes el...

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Main Authors: Clebson Luiz de BRITO, Glaucia Muniz Proença LARA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2013-06-01
Series:Signum: Estudos da Linguagem
Subjects:
Indian myth
French Semiotics
Values
Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/2237-4876.2013v16n13/13204
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spelling doaj-b74ed09c3e50435586dfebe8820396052020-11-24T20:59:46ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaSignum: Estudos da Linguagem1516-30832237-48762013-06-011611334INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSISClebson Luiz de BRITO0Glaucia Muniz Proença LARA1Faculdade de Letras da UFMGFaculdade de Letras da UFMGIn this paper, we examine two Indian myths from Brazil, trying to emphasize their systematicity in relation to the values they convey. Focusing on the theme of the emergence of the moon, we attempt to demonstrate that such narratives form a coherent and organized whole of meaning, which includes elements frequently taken as evidence of the chaos present in mythical discourse. In order to do so, we used the theoretical and methodological approach of French Semiotics, a theory concerned, specially, with the intradiscursive mechanisms of meaning construction. http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/2237-4876.2013v16n13/13204Indian mythFrench SemioticsValues
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author Clebson Luiz de BRITO
Glaucia Muniz Proença LARA
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Glaucia Muniz Proença LARA
INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS
Signum: Estudos da Linguagem
Indian myth
French Semiotics
Values
author_facet Clebson Luiz de BRITO
Glaucia Muniz Proença LARA
author_sort Clebson Luiz de BRITO
title INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS
title_short INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS
title_full INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS
title_fullStr INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS
title_full_unstemmed INDIAN MYTHS AND MORAL VALUES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS
title_sort indian myths and moral values: a semiotic analysis
publisher Universidade Estadual de Londrina
series Signum: Estudos da Linguagem
issn 1516-3083
2237-4876
publishDate 2013-06-01
description In this paper, we examine two Indian myths from Brazil, trying to emphasize their systematicity in relation to the values they convey. Focusing on the theme of the emergence of the moon, we attempt to demonstrate that such narratives form a coherent and organized whole of meaning, which includes elements frequently taken as evidence of the chaos present in mythical discourse. In order to do so, we used the theoretical and methodological approach of French Semiotics, a theory concerned, specially, with the intradiscursive mechanisms of meaning construction.
topic Indian myth
French Semiotics
Values
url http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/2237-4876.2013v16n13/13204
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