How Do Signs Indicate Identity Or Meaning? An Analysis Of Film/Novel Pinjar Using Pierce’s Semiotics Model
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https://doi.org/10.58760/mairaj.v2i1.11Keywords:
Bollywood, Partition of Indian Sub-continent, Film Studies, Cinema Studies, Pierce Model of Semiotics, SemioticsAbstract
The field of semiotics examines films through the lens of the signs and symbols that are present in cinema. In addition to being a component of the media and culture, the film is also considered to be a piece of literature. The Pierce Model was utilized in order to carry out the process of performing a semiotic analysis on the film. In this article, the research focuses just on the first postulate of the Pierce Model, which is the sign postulate. The Pierce Model itself contains three primary postulates. This research piece explores the meaning of signs in both semiotics and cinema in relation to the society of the Indian Subcontinent as it is depicted in the film. The setting for this discussion is the Indian Subcontinent
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