PPT-Structuralism

By Katherine Matos Jimenez Advance English 126 Introduction amp Literature Dr Evelyn Lugo TR 1130am100pm What is Structuralism It is a theory developed in France between 1950 and 1960. Replicating social structure through human replication: Implications for Health Research. Overview. Social capital. Structuralism. Bourdieu. Replications of structures . Sex as Structure. Concept of mother as conflation of sex/gender structure. Modern France. May . ’. 68. a. nd. After. Barricades. May 68 posters. Political context. De Gaulle – patriarchal, socially conservative. Slight increase in unemployment in 1967. Strikes, lock-outs. Reading Contemporary Fiction. Lecture Week Seven. Structure of the lecture. Realism, a brief recap.. Modernism. Modernist . Fiction. Post-Structuralism and Post-Modernism. A Post-Modern text: 500 Days of Summer. THEORIES. , . THEORISTS. , AND IMPORTANT TERMS. By: K. Yegoryan. Critical Theory. Greek {. kritikos. } = judgment – 18. th. cent. In Literary studies . Is a form of “hermeneutics”- the knowledge via interpretation to understand the meaning of human texts and symbolic expressions. Structuralism & Semiotics. “Is this a dagger I see before me?”. (...I don’t know?!. Give me a sign...) . Approaching theory: . C. hoosing . to emphasise . a concept in a new way, is . much . Films funded outside of Big Hollywood Studios or Films that are made with an “independent spirit”. Birth of a Nation. DW Griffith. Thomas Dixon. 1915. Extremely Racist—pro . Klu. Klux Clan . Griffith just thought it was presenting the Southern perspective. v. Intentionalism. Hitler’s Rise to Power. The . F. ascist State. Treaty . o. f Versailles. Germany lost 13% of its territories in Europe & all if its colonies. Severely restricted armed forces. Langue: the system, rules, or order of a language, or language in general. Parole: an utterance, sentence, or usage of language.. Examples. The cat is on the mat.. She said she wanted to see how it would turn out.. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. Chapter 5: Literature and Linguistics. I. Structuralism and Post-structuralism, Including Deconstruction. A. Structuralism: Contexts and Definitions. Founders of Structuralism. Wilhelm Wundt. Considered the “Father of Psychology”. Established first Psychology Lab in Germany in 1879. Formed basic ideas on structuralism. . Founders of Structuralism. A . structuralist. only maps what is there, without outside sources. Structuralism is all about the interpretation of the text and making connections within it. Pays attention to actual structure of the text, for example how certain words function within a sentence/paragraph . Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913), linguist. Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-2009), anthropologist. Roland Barthes (1915-1980), literary critic. Take a well-known media text. Let’s say, . The Dark Knight. The 20th century witnessed a linguistic turn.. Revival of philosophical interest in language: accumulating know. l. edge about different . langu. a. ges. (19th century studies in historical linguistics), but no serious attempt at a general theory of language.. . Spivak. “Can the Subaltern Speak?”. Session aims:. To examine . Spivak. in relation to Post structuralism and Marxist theory. . To explore how she traces the silencing of the subaltern woman..