Rajviba Gohil

  Introduction: Structuralism is a literary theory that studies literature by focusing on underlying structures rather than individual meanings or authorial intentions. It believes that meaning is produced through systems of relationships, patterns, and rules that govern language, culture, and texts. Structuralism emerged in the early twentieth century and is strongly influenced by the ideas of Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist. Structuralism : Meaning and Key Concepts Structuralism argues that a text does not exist independently; instead, it functions as part of a larger system such as language, culture, or genre. According to Saussure, language is a system of signs, and each sign has two parts: Signifier – the sound or written form of a word Signified – the concept or meaning associated with it Meaning is created not by individual words but by their difference and relationship with other words. Other important concepts of structuralism include: Binary oppositions (good/ev...

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