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Structuralism in Literary Theory
Structuralism was to be used as a metalanguage, a language about languages, used to decode actual languages or systems of signification. The focus of analyses is on the structure versus social or historical context. Structuralism challenged the belief that a work of literature reflected a given reality. Structuralist critics analyzed texts by examining underlying structures, including characterization and plot. It attempts to show how these patterns are universal and are used to develop general conclusions about both individual works and the systems from which they were created.
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