Approach

"The work of the commentary, once it is separated from any ideology of totality, consists precisely in manhandling the text, interrupting

it."

(Roland Barthes, S/Z, 15)

My approach to this text is to divide the passage into a number of lexias, which I analyze Barthes-style in each separate post. My departure from Barthes' method is notable in Parts 1, 2, 3 and 7. In these posts, I identify two interacting codes, and explain how I feel a certain phrase or sentence works within more than one of the five code categories. I "interrupt" my lexias in order to put forward my analysis.

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