Code Analysis of the Short Story “Merry Go Round” by Sepideh Shamloo

Abstract

Story code analysis means to have a focus on signs which contribute to revealing the secondary meanings with a structured methodology. The main problem is to understand how signs with synergic cooperation in the context of short stories avoid text from unilaterality and lead to a plurality of meaning by engaging audiences through referential codes. This essay studies the short story Merry Go Round from the book “Red Gloves” by Sepideh Shamloo. The paper is using a descriptive-analytical approach based on various codes from theorists’ points of view like Schindler or Barthes. Another aspect of the paper is analyzing structural elements that result in positive impacts on the code analysis of the work. Codes reflected in stories demonstrate predominant conventional systems such as social, behavioral, physical, commentary, mythical, spiritual, temporal, and local and they will result in the reproduction of cultural or social patterns in the view of audiences.

Keywords

• conventional system
• code
• text
• meaning
• short story