Professor Naddaff mentioned in class yesterday that similes (and thus I assume metaphors) act similar to adjectives. Barthes lays the claim that "Perhaps a thing is valid only by its metaphoric power; perhaps that is the value of music, then: to be a good metaphor" (285). Does this mean that music cannot truly be more than bound by adjective/predicate?
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Barthes Questions
Barthes defines functionality as "... (clarity, expressivity, communication)..." (272). If functionality better communicates representational music, is the solution to achieving adjective-free music removing functionality. If so, what specifically (among clarity, expressivity, communication) needs to be hindered, or entirely excluded?
Professor Naddaff mentioned in class yesterday that similes (and thus I assume metaphors) act similar to adjectives. Barthes lays the claim that "Perhaps a thing is valid only by its metaphoric power; perhaps that is the value of music, then: to be a good metaphor" (285). Does this mean that music cannot truly be more than bound by adjective/predicate?
Professor Naddaff mentioned in class yesterday that similes (and thus I assume metaphors) act similar to adjectives. Barthes lays the claim that "Perhaps a thing is valid only by its metaphoric power; perhaps that is the value of music, then: to be a good metaphor" (285). Does this mean that music cannot truly be more than bound by adjective/predicate?
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