Structuralism as a literary movement

Paper no-7(literary theory and criticism)

Roll no -31 Submitted to – S.B Gardy Department

of English M.K

University Bhavnagar

Presented by – Shital D Italiya.

What is structuralism? According to 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.’’

Signifier and signified

Signifier and signified

Examples

Fundamental assumption.

Rational

arbitrariness

Systematic

Langue and parole

Influence of structuralism

THEORY AUTHOR

Influence of structuralism

Influence of structuralism

THEORY AUTHOR

Influence of structuralism

THEORY AUTHOR

Major writers and school of structuralism

School Russian formalism The Prague school Structural

narratology Major writers Jacobson Gerard Genet Todorov Julia Kristina

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