Analytical Report

Your analysis needs to: (i) identify and describe the signs and sign systems at work in the text, employing a range of the following (minimum of 5): syntagms, paradigms, metonym, metaphor, connotations, denotations, icon/index/symbol, mode of address, binary oppositions, othering, intertextuality, ambiguity (500 words, 10 marks) (ii) undertake a commutation test to test the paradigmatic value of one or more of the signifiers (250 words, 5 marks) (iii) show how the gaze operates in the text (250 words, 5 marks) (iv) show how the text includes and excludes identities and meanings through myth and ideology (250 words, 5 marks). (v) show how the text can be read in terms of dominant, negotiated, and oppositional readings (250 words, 5 marks) (vi) Writing, referencing. Marks will be deducted (maximum of 5) for incorrect grammar, spelling, punctuation, referencing, and report composition. *Marks will be adjusted out of 40 for final mark. 2000 Words Report..