EA300B: READER1 \\\ PICTUREBOOK CODES BY WILLIAM MOEBIUS



MULTIMODALITY
First: some definitions
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STYLISTICS ANALYSIS
فإن النصوص المصورة تتطلب تحليل من نوع آخر
MULTYIMODAL ANALYSIS
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1.    Multimodal Analysis: looks at the way in which texts produce their meaning through a combination of words and other semiotic modes.
2.    Semiotic: a term describes the study of signs and sign system.
3.    Sign system: any systematic and conventionalized organization of meaning-making resources that is used for communication.

Sign   è  è  an entity that communicates a meaning.
       è  è Something stands for something else.
E.g. words/images/sound/gestures
(Have a particular meaning in a particular context)

·       Semiotic looks to understand how such signs combine with another to facilitate communication.
·       Multimodal Approach looks at how such system (sign system) combine together to produce the communicative act.
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I put to you a file to analysis the Little Red Riding Hood images in week 20. I hope you all download it; if you miss it, check my favourite in Twitter. It is very important! There are some methods to analysis at the end of the file. It is very helpful and useful.
But now we have to learn how to analysis according to our course depending on "Picturecodes" essay.
So, as you read think about our two picturebooks: The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Voices in The Park.
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READERR 1 BLOCK 5
Picture Codes
 William Mobius
·       Picturebook is conceived of as a whole product (not only text-not only picture)
·       In every picturebook, writers need to distinguish their main characters by different way. To remain recognizable, a character need only reveal a few signal traits such as the blue jacket in Peter Rabbit (curly hair-striped tail-etc.).
This is called metamorphosis= develops and changes into something completely different.
·       Metonyms of personality, species, gender, character type constitute elements of a semic code, but also play a role in action, as the main character undergoes an identity crises related to the presence or absence of a primary feature.



ما من عبد مسلم يدعو لأخيه بظهر الغيب إلا قال الملك ولك بمثل.