Semiotics is the study of signs. It explores how meaning is created and interpreted through language, images, gestures, cultural artifacts and other means of communication. Rooted in the works of Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce, semiotics examines the relationships between signs, what they represent, and how they are understood by individuals and societies.
The primary goal of semiotics is to analyze how meaning is shaped by cultural and social contexts and it investigates how people interpret signs differently based on experiences and perspectives.
Through the study of semiotics, students will develop a profound ability to analyze and decode the ways meaning is constructed, communicated, and interpreted in everyday life, empowering them to critically engage with the world and its complex sign systems.
- Enseignant: Hanane AIT-HAMOUDA