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August 30

Plan for today:

1. Learn French (now in my consideration is the Grammar, but I work as well on vocabulary)

2. Preparation for Master (150 pages of the theoretical book is left and I hope to finish it till tomorrow)

3. Read a book instead of socializing (now it’s Anna Frank’s diary in German but I read as well some other books)

Cultural semiotics, as elaborated by Juri Lotman and the Tartu School, is usually remembered above all for its theoretical sophistication: concepts such as the semiosphere, secondary modelling systems, and cultural textuality populate manuals and specialized courses. Less visible, however, is the way this theory emerged from a concrete historical context (real socialism, censorship, the…

We live in a world saturated with images. From commercials and social media to leisure and entertainment activities, visual communication is constantly operating, producing sensations, perceptions, and generating meaning. However, we often fail to realize how profoundly these images affect our emotions, behaviors, and interpretations of reality. The article “Visual Rhetoric and Semiotic” by…