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| Frage | Antworten |
| Aims | > Breaks down literature to see its basic structure > This is what creates the meaning of a text |
| What does structuralism say about language? | > Language is created by the interaction of signs >A word is only given meaning through its relation to other words- what it doesn't mean. |
| What is a sign? | > Combination of the signifier and the signified >It is the "word", the thing that instigates the meaning |
| What is the signifier? | > The object or symbol we see or hear etc (without meaning) |
| What is the signified? | > The meaning that is being given to the signifier > The definition given the the word > The thing we think/understand by the signifier |
| How is the structuralist argument towards language affected by culture? | > Signs can change due to cultural differences between signifier and signified > Relies on a cultural agreement of what a signifier means >Language represents the underlying ideologies etc of a culture. |
| What is the structure of language? | > Language is given meaning, the sign is given the signified, by its relationship to other words. |
| What do structuralist see as the two types of language? | 1) Langue- the specified language system made up of rules and codes 2) Parole- Every day speech ie the Langue in context |
| What type of language do structuralists focus on? | The Langue |
| What does structuralism say constitutes the meaning of a text? | > signs (signifier + signified) are the basic structures of literary codes- the meaning of texts |
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