What is proairetic code?

Type your answer here... The proairetic code refers to patterns of actions by which we understand the sequence and significance of actions in our daily lives and in classic narrative plots such as 'quest' or journey narratives. 'Going on holiday', for example, might consist of preparation, booking, more preparation, departure, arrival, more of the same, sightseeing etc, eating and drinking, until you prepare to come back.' Sometimes simplified as 'the action code' it is a way of understanding and analysing narrative, plots and our 'schemata' or expectations and interpretations of action sequences. The best elaboration of this concept is probably that of Roland Barthes, French 'sign theorist' and writer.