structuralism

 Structuralism and Literary criticism this essay given by Gerard Genet. it is deals with every work has same infrastructure of the any text follow the order link it is first present climax then it is go in flashback and it is reached at resolution. Narrative technique changed with time but structure remain same.For Example: Dangerous isque. gajni, zid and Garv.   Another  example : if we take west side story did not write anything "Really new, because their work has the time structure as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. That we find out in our Bollywood movie like Ram-Leela.    

,According to critic Pramod k. Nayar “ Structuralism is a form of criticism which sought to understand a work of art in the context of structure which have genre culture and language”. In short he says that , “ Structuralism is an attempt to see everything in term of Saussure linguistic”. Signifies and Signified - According to Saussure the sign is constituted by the “signified” and “signified”.  Signifies is the ‘word’ or the alphabets which are arranged in a particular order while the signified is the ‘concept’ that the signifies stands for.other.

We also find binary opposition everywhere. Good-evil

There are three Fundamental Assumptions Saussure linguistics have three fundamental assumptions. 1) Arbitrariness 2) Relational 3) Systematic - Saussure believe that the meaning we attribute to word are entirely . The meaning is presented though “usage” and “convention” only. male-female, god- Satan, white-black.
For example, Serials like Crime Petrol and C.I.D  helps to understand t

Langue and Parole - According to Saussure there is distinction within language . It is necessary to understand Langue and Parole as a part of structuralism and structuralist criticism . To understand Parole one should be aware of the system or Langue . This relationship between parole and langue was at the root of study in Saussurean linguistics.
Structuralism is primarily concerned with the study of structures.  Here we study how things get their meaning.  It is also a philosophical approach.  The whole world has a set up.  Similarly the solar system has a structure with the sun at the centre.  Even an atom has its own structure which resembles our solar system.  Coming to the political set up, a democratic structure is the basis of our govt. [Indian govt.].  Communism has its own setup or structure.  Coming to an individual’s life a person has different names according to the nature of the structure.  Another point Saussure discovered is that the meaning of a sign is arbitrary.  The same flower, say rose, has different names in different languages, but its qualities remain the same.  Saussure points out that a word assumes different meanings according to the particular structure in which it is a part.  When Yeats sings “Whenever green is found,” it means the Irish flag which is green in colour.  So the word ‘’green” represents patriotism.  In the phrase ‘green revolution’ the word green stands for agriculture.
A boy in a class room is a student.  At home he is a son.  In the cricket ground he is a player, and when he gets a job, he gets another name.

Most of hindi movies  or literature are same. For example  boy+ girl love each other but family is against it or vice versa family ready to marriage but children do not like each he Narratology where we find Order , mood, Duration , Narrative techniques etc. First the murder is attempted then the officers come to know about it and then the culprit is caught.