Evaluate The Relevance Of Barthes' Narrative Theory To Long Term TV Drama
Barthes' theory suggests that their is a connotation and denotation for every sing thing ever made. The denotations are the descriptions in which the obvious is stated, whilst the connotations are
descriptions of further contextual meaning.
The first season of Homelands denotes that there is a discovery and a soldier is found, missing otherwise for eight years. This would then lead onto a further investigation of the soldier with Carrie having her suspicions of this so called war hero. The rest of the season follows Carrie in her investigations in order to get to the bottom of Brodie's erratic behaviour.
All of what could be described as denotations, could e analysed further. The first season of Homelands connotes a deeper meaning. When Carrie was told about the missing soldier found she has a contratingly different look on her face in comparison to those on the faces of her colleges. This could suggest that Carrie was always going to push the fact that she thinks he is a double agent, she wasn't going to give in. We later her say how her job was on the line and that she needed this investigation to go right. The expression on her face was a mixture of anxiety and worry. Later on in the series Brodie got approached to run for congress, we now know the real reason Brodie wanted to run for this position, however Jessica said it would effect the children and the home life of him and her. the denotations of that scene could be how Jessica doesn't want Brodie o run for congress because of the reasons she stated. contextually, we found out that the only reason Brodie wanted to run for congress was because of the vest he was to ware in the 'safe room'.
In conclusion Barthes' theory doesn't really link toward many aspects of the series but if you look close enough it might become clear that the theory can be applied to a number of aspects of the season
All of what could be described as denotations, could e analysed further. The first season of Homelands connotes a deeper meaning. When Carrie was told about the missing soldier found she has a contratingly different look on her face in comparison to those on the faces of her colleges. This could suggest that Carrie was always going to push the fact that she thinks he is a double agent, she wasn't going to give in. We later her say how her job was on the line and that she needed this investigation to go right. The expression on her face was a mixture of anxiety and worry. Later on in the series Brodie got approached to run for congress, we now know the real reason Brodie wanted to run for this position, however Jessica said it would effect the children and the home life of him and her. the denotations of that scene could be how Jessica doesn't want Brodie o run for congress because of the reasons she stated. contextually, we found out that the only reason Brodie wanted to run for congress was because of the vest he was to ware in the 'safe room'.
In conclusion Barthes' theory doesn't really link toward many aspects of the series but if you look close enough it might become clear that the theory can be applied to a number of aspects of the season
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