“Formalism” is‚ as the name implies‚ an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text. The work of the Formalists had a general impact on later developments in “Structuralism” and other theories of narrative. “Formalism‚” like “Structuralism‚” sought to place the study of literature on a scientific basis through objective analysis of the motifs‚ devices‚ techniques‚ and other “functions” that comprise the literary work. The Formalists placed great
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Araby James Joyce’s prose Araby in Dubliners is a story written with a nameless first-person narrator. It is about the narrator’s life on Northern Richmond Street and his tremendous crush on the sister of his companion‚ Mangan. In my opinion‚ the girl has significance in symbolizing the frustration and blind pursuit of romance. In view of the portrait of her “brown figure” and that “her dress swung as she moved her body”‚ as well as the boy’s timidity towards her‚ she appears to be mysterious‚
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influential in the creation of post-structuralism. Derrida argued against‚ in essence‚ the notion of a knowable center (the Western ideal of logocentrism)‚ a structure that could organize the differential play of language or thought but somehow remain immune to the same "play" it depicts (Abrams‚ 258-9). Derrida ’s critique of structuralism also heralded the advent of deconstruction that--like post-structuralism--critiques the notion of "origin" built into structuralism. In negative terms‚ deconstruction--particularly
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STRUCTURALISM-GERARD GENETTE. Centre for Post –Graduate Studies Prof.S.Jayaraman & Research in English‚ email:jayaraman121@gmail.com Muslim Arts College‚ Thiruvithancode-629174. How does Gerard Genette view the nature of literary criticism? (Or) Elucidate the views of Gerard Genette on the nature of literary criticism. Gerard Genette is one of the most important literary theorists of the 20th century. He was very much influenced by the
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Cuprins THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PRAGUE SCHOOL TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE Asist. univ. drd. Crina Herţeg ‚‚Universitatea 1 Decembrie1918”‚ Alba Iulia The Prague Linguistic Circle represented an important moment in the development of phonology‚ structuralism and linguistics in general and it prepared the grounds for research and the subsequent evolution of linguistics. The paper attempts a general view on what The Prague School meant for linguistics and it aims at giving a general survey on the activity
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In this essay I will be using Malinowski’s Functionalist approach and Levi-Strauss’s Structuralism‚ whilst analyzing the Trobrianders society and way of life. Bronislaw Malinowski initially created the Anthropological school of Functionalism. Malinowski’s version of Functionalism is more psychologically linked‚ and focuses on his idea that people have psychological and physical needs‚ and hence social institutions develop in order to meet these needs. Malinowski divides these needs into seven
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criticism has lead to a diverse‚ and sometimes divided‚ debate on languge‚ text‚ art and meaning. Here I will outline some of the major theories that relate to practitioners working in the field of theatre‚ drama and performance and how theories like structuralism‚ phenomonology‚ deconstruction and semiotics are informing the way we look at and discuss theatre in the twenty-first century. Mark Fortier defines semiotics‚ or semiology‚ as: The study of signs – those objects by which humans communicate
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The Structure of Myth and the Structure of Western Film Based on Saussure (1974)‚ structuralism is a theoretical method derived from his theoritical work. He divides language into two component parts which together produce a third (signifier‚ signified and meaning). According to him‚ meaning is produced through a process of combination and selection. As Saussure insists‚ “In language‚ there are only differences without positive terms… language has neither ideas not sounds that existed before
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Structuralism Tierra Axom Brewton-Parker College 478-733-0108 Abstract Structuralism • Definition: The system in which psychologists used introspection to try to find the basic elements of adult‚ human consciousness. • The study of the elements of consciousness. • The structure of the mind • Major Structuralist Thinkers: 1. Wilhelm Wundt 2. Edward B Titchener Born in the Roman established town of Chichester‚ South
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Lucie Guillemette and Josiane Cossette Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières lucie_guillemette@uqtr.ca 1. ABSTRACT` DERRIDA Jacques Derrida ’s theory of the sign fits into the poststructuralist movement‚ which runs counter to Saussurean structuralism (the legacy of linguist Ferdinand de Saussure). Maintaining that the signifier (the form of a sign) refers directly to the signified (the content of a sign)‚ structuralist theory has passed down a whole current of logocentric (speech-centred) thought
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