The Artist is Absent: Davey Wreden and The Beginner’s Guide
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SEMIOTICS
A good place to start is Folding Ideas’ (really old) video on signs and memes:
Here’s a whole site on it when you wanna go more in depth:
DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
I’d say the best place to start would be the essay “Greatly Exaggerated“ by David Foster Wallace, but it’s, sadly, not online. It’s in this book:
Here’s a rundown of the essay:
Here’s Roland Barthes original essay that coined the phrase:
And here’s Michel Foucault’s expansion of the theory:
ENUNCIATION THEORY
The best way to acquaint yourself with enunciation theory is to read through the glossary of Casetti’s Inside the Gaze:
...but here’s an article on it:
Laura Mandanas’ take on TBG:
Liz Ryerson’s take:
Robert Yang’s take:
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