Module 1 : . Introduction

Lecture 7 : Structuralism


Questions

1.  What are the different terms or phrases that could be used for theory?

2.  How is theory a political act?

3.  Name three theoretical approaches in Cultural Studies.

4.  How do structuralists theorise culture?

5.  Define semiotics.

6.  How, according to structuralists, do we construct meaning?

7.  How did Saussure split the sign?

8.  How does structuralist cultural theory map Saussure's concepts to culture?