modern literary criticism assignment
Maharani shree nandkuvarba mahila arts and commerce college Name : Gohil nehaba vikramsninh T.y B.a sem 6 Subject : English Topic : ●what is structuralism and scope of Structuralism ●what structuralism critics do ● Postcolonial Background ●●●Class assignment ●●● Structuralism: Explanation and Scope Introduction Structuralism is a 20th-century intellectual movement that studies literature, language, and culture as structured systems. It argues that meaning is not created individually by an author but is produced through underlying structures of language, signs, and conventions. Structuralism tries to analyze these hidden structures scientifically and systematically. The theory began in linguistics and later influenced literary criticism, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. Origin and Background of Structuralism Structuralism developed mainly from the ideas of Ferdinand de Saussure, who is consi...