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Structuralism and literary criticism
Name : Radha B. Ghevariya
Roll No. : 22
Paper no : 7 : Literary theory and criticism
Sem : M. A (Sem : 2)
Year : 2015
Submitted to : Smt. S.B.Gardi Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
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Structuralism & Literary criticism
The movement structuralism was inaugurated in the 1950s by the cultural anthropologist Claude – Levi – strass.
However , the father of structuralism is Fredinand – de – Saussure because the movement finds its origins in the early twentieth century work.
“ A Course in general linguistics”- (1916)
- Saussure
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Definition of Structuralism
According to critic
Pramod k. Nayar
“ Structuralism is a form of criticism which sought to understand a work of art in the
context of structure which have genre culture and language”
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In short Pramod k. Nayar say that ,
“ Structuralism is an attempt to see everything in term of
Sasurean linguistic”
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Signifier and Signified
- According to Saussure the sign is constituted by the “signifier” and “signified”.
- Signifier is the ‘word’ or the alphabets which are arranged in a particular order.
- While the signified is the ‘concept’ that the signifier stands for.
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Three Fundamental Assumptions
Saussure linguistics have three fundamental assumptions.
1) Arbitrariness
2) Relational
3) Systematic
- Saussure believe that the meaning we attribute to word are entirely . The meaning is presented though “usage” and “convention” only.
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- Saussure
“ Language constitutes our world
and our very existence”
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For that we need to understand the set of structure in language because it helps us to speak and to make sense Saussure calls this study as “ Semiology” .
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Langue and Parole
- According to Saussure there is distinction within language . It is necessary to understand Langue and Parole as a part of structuralism and structuralist criticism .
-To understand Parole one should be aware of the system or Langue . This relationship between parole and langue was at the root of study in Sassurean linguistics.
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Theory Author
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Theory Author
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Theory Author
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Major writes and schools of structuralism
Russian formalism
The Prague school
Structural narratology
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The major writers who supported the structuralist analysis include
- Roman Jacobson
Todorov
- Ronald Barthes
- Julia Kristina
- Gerard Genett
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