Figurative Language
Which three devices were used to analyze the writing of Dickens
Personification, allusion, and anaphora
This is the name for two concepts that are completely opposite of each other
Binary opposition
Both of the theorists covered were born in this continent
Europe
This is the main misconception of structuralism
People think structuralism focuses just on an author's writing style
Dickens commonly does this to personify a non living thing
Capitalize the first letter of the word
This is how semiology relates to structuralism
To analyze the writing of an author through their writing styles and use of literary devices and figurative language
He is regarded as the father of structural anthropology
Claude Lévi-Strauss
These are two of the faults of structuralism
Any two faults listed on handout
This was the cultural aspect of Dickens life which highly affected the allusions he chose to use.
He was Christian and his audience were Christians.
DAILY DOUBLE! The definition of semiology gives this as the reason why it is easier for experienced readers to understand a text than an inexperienced reader
There must always be a particular structure to a text (which repeats in other texts as well)
He is the pioneer of structuralism and literary theory
Ferdinand de Saussure
This is the main critique of structuralism
Structuralism focuses too highly on introspection as the method to gain understanding
The guillotine is personified as this when first introduced to the story
A newborn girl
This is how anthropology relates to structuralism
Anthropology studies human societies and culture; structuralism studies how this effects the writing of an author
Ferdinand de Saussure developed a two-leveled approach to language. These were the two levels
The surface level of what we read, and the abstract or invisible layer of what we read
This is a general description of what structuralism is
Description will be judged on accuracy - should include that it is a method of psychology and looks for repeated patterns or structures in the text or various texts of an author
Name an example not mentioned in the presentation of Dickens using binary opposition
Answer will be evaluated by group
DAILY DOUBLE! Pragmatism is a way of thinking that presupposes this
Knowledge is tentative, and not fixed, and instead is based on particular contexts
DAILY DOUBLE! Claude Lévi-Strauss is highly associated with these two terminologies covered in the presentation
Anthropology and Binary Opposition
This can make structuralism very imprecise
Structuralism is based almost fully on individual ideas