Iconic / Informational
vs.
Elaborated / Literary Discourses
Rather than categorizing representations into one of two groups, the differences here represent two tendencies that contend for dominance in any piece of writing or design.
Iconic / Informational meaning immediate |
Elaborated / Literary meaning deferred |
These distinctions are adapted from
Easthope, Anthony. Literary into Cultural Studies. London: Routledge, 1991.
See also my handout Elaborated and Iconic Literary Styles (.doc)