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Showing posts with label structuralism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label structuralism. Show all posts

00168—What is Structuralism? [Saussure]

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Saussure sign Structuralism is primarily concerned with the study of structures.  Here we study how things get their mea...

00159--Structuralism—the Saussurean Principles [Langue and Parole/Signifier and Signified/Synchronic and Diachronic/Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic]

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                                                               Structuralism—the Saussurean Principles Audio Books Structural li...

00155--Narratology

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            Narratology is a branch of structuralism but it has achieved a certain independence from its parent.  Narratology is no...

00143--Structuralism and Post- structuralism-some practical differences

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       The structuralist seeks                                  The post- structuralist seeks             Parallels/Echoes  ...

00141--Distinctions between structuralism and post-structuralism

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a)        Origins "         Structuralism derives ultimately from linguistics.  Linguistics is a discipline which has always be...

00140--What does a structuralist do with the text?

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            The most basic difference between liberal humanist and structuralist reading is that the structuralist's comments on s...

00138--What structrualist critics do?

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1)        They analyse (mainly) prose narratives, relating to text to some larger containing structure, such as:         a)  the c...

00137--Structuralism.

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            Structuralism is an intellectual movement which began in France in the 1950s and is first seen in the work of the a...

00127--In what ways, does post structuralism differ from structuralism?

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            Structuralism is a way of thinking about the world which is predominantly concerned with the perceptions and description o...

00109--How do Saussure's views become radical?

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            A movement or theory is radical when it is capable of favouring fundamental or extreme change in scientific, social or cul...

00108--Explain the terms 'langue' and 'parole'.

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            Language is the whole system of language that precedes and makes speech possible.  A sign is a basic unit of langue.    ...

00107--Language Constitutes reality, Explain.

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            This is a major conclusion from Saussure.   At the very beginning of the essay he writes:  "Some people regard langua...

00106--Language is a system of differences: Explain. OR 'In a language there are only differences'. Explain.

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            Saussure's relational conception of meaning was specifically differential.  He emphasized the differences between sign...

00105--Explain 'binary opposites'? Or The concept of negative differentiation

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            In simple terms, binary opposites are pairs of signs with opposite meanings.  Many examples are there in English.  Hot/co...