Starring the Text (2)

"…separating, in the manner of a minor earthquake, the blocks of signification..."

*ACT. "separating": act of breaking up the text into blocks of signification. **SEM. "minor earthquake", "blocks of signification": Assuming the metaphor given by Barthes, the minor earthquake caused by nature becomes what breaks up the text into blocks of signification. Text takes on natural connotation. ***REF. "signification": Refers to assumed knowledge of the signified and the signifier.