ðđððĢðĨðððĪ ðĪðððĪ ððð§ð ðð ðĢððĪ ð ð ðð ððð ðĨððĨðð ððĪ, ððð§ð ðð ðððĪ ðĨðððĨ ð ðĢðððððĪð ðĨðð ðððĨðððððððððððĨðŠ ð ð ðððĢðĢððĪððð. ððððŠ ðð ðĢðĢððĪðĄð ðð ðĨð ððð§ð ðððð ðĢ ððĢððĨðððð ðððððĶððððĪ ð ð ð ðĶðĢ ðĨððð: ðððĢðĢððĨðð§ð, ðĨðððððĨðð, ðĄðĪðŠððð ðð ððððð, ðĪð ððð ðð ððððð ððð ðĄðĪðŠððð ðððððŠðĨðððð ððĢððĨððððĪððĪ. ðđðĶðĨ ðĨðððŠ ððĢð ðð ðĨ ðð ððððð§ðð ððĪ ððð§ð ðððððĄððððððĨ ðĻððŠðĪ ð ð ðð ð ðððð ððĨ ð ðĨððĐðĨ, ððĶðĨ ððĪ ððð§ð ð ðĢðððððĪððĨðð ððĪ ððð ð ð ðĻðððð ððĢð ððĪðĪðððĨððð ðð ðĢ ðððŠ ðððĨ ð ð ðĢðððððð ð ðĨððĐðĨ.
- âð ðĪððððð âð ðĻððĢð & ðð ðð ðžððððĪ
ð. ððŪðŋððĩðēð' ððķððē ððžðąðēð ðķðŧ 'ðĶðŪðŋðŋðŪððķðŧðē'
Roland Barthes, in his analysis of Balzac's Sarrasine, identifies five codes that structure how readers interpret and make sense of a text. These are not separate, independent ways to analyze literature, but rather interwoven systems—all essential for reading and understanding any narrative. Barthes uses these codes to show how meaning doesn’t just lie in one perspective, but emerges from a network of relationships across the text.
ðŪ. ð§ðĩðē ððķððē ððžðąðēð ðð ð―ðđðŪðķðŧðēðą
ðŪ.ð ððēðŋðšðēðŧðēðððķð° ððžðąðē (ððŧðķðīðšðŪ ððžðąðē)
ðĢððŋð―ðžððē: Introduces mysteries, puzzles, or questions that drive the story forward and keep readers interested.
ðð ðŪðšð―ðđðē: The mystery of who Sarrasine is, or the secret surrounding La Zambinella’s identity.
ðŪ.ðŪ ðĢðŋðžðŪðķðŋðēððķð° ððžðąðē (ðð°ððķðžðŧ ððžðąðē)
ðĢððŋð―ðžððē: Refers to actions or events—things happening in the plot—that create suspense and anticipation for what will occur next.
ðð ðŪðšð―ðđðē: Sarrasine meeting La Zambinella, decisions, confrontations, and sequences of events.
ðŪ.ðŊ ðĶðēðšðķð° (ðĶðēðšðŪðŧððķð°) ððžðąðē
ðĢððŋð―ðžððē: Looks at connotations and meanings attached to characters, settings, or objects; recurring signifiers that develop themes or traits.
ðð ðŪðšð―ðđðē: Descriptions that hint at masculinity or femininity, or repeated motifs around art and creation.
ðŪ.ð° ðĶððšðŊðžðđðķð° ððžðąðē
ðĢððŋð―ðžððē: Concerned with deeper structures, oppositions, and binaries (like male/female, light/dark, freedom/restraint). These help readers see deeper symbolic meanings in the text.
ðð ðŪðšð―ðđðē: The opposition between reality and illusion in Sarrasine, or between art and life.
ðŪ.ðą ðððđðððŋðŪðđ (ðĨðēðģðēðŋðēðŧððķðŪðđ) ððžðąðē
ðĢððŋð―ðžððē: Refers to shared knowledge, beliefs, or cultural references assumed to be understood by readers. This code situates a story in broader social or historical contexts.
ðð ðŪðšð―ðđðē: Allusions to social customs or historical facts about opera singers in 19th-century Europe.
ðŊ. ðŠðĩð ððđðđ ððķððē ððžðąðēð ð ðŪðððēðŋ ð§ðžðīðēððĩðēðŋ
Barthes argues that any rich act of reading works through all these codes at once, not in isolation. Each code overlaps and interacts, creating a dense network of meaning. This moves interpretation away from seeking only one “correct” meaning and instead encourages active reading, where the text opens up many possible understandings.
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