Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics, and the Study of Literature

Wasiolek, Edward; Culler, Jonathan

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“…Culler states that a contradiction between two stories that have similar themes can be a notion of their distinguishable aspect as how they have different ways to tell or execute their elements, or vice versa (Culler, 1977). Regarding intertextuality theory, some similar elements can be found in A Grain of Truth and Beauty and the Beast and A Grain of Truth regardless of the way the latter tries to distinguish it through the a shift in point of view.…”

Section: The Intertextuality Between a Grain Of Truth And Beauty And ...mentioning

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Meaning Reconstruction in Fairy Tales Across Eras: An Intertextual Study on A Grain of Truth and Beauty and the Beast

Jilan,

Haryati

2024

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Intertextuality is a study that observes the relation and connection that text has with other texts. By looking at intertextuality, it can be seen how one text can have resemblances to another text, whether that resemblance is intentional or not. This study uses a story by Andrzej Sapkowski, titled A Grain of Truth as the material objects of the study. It tells the story of a cursed human with a monstrous body who desires to find love to be human again. This research uses qualitative research methods, and the data were analyzed using intertextuality theory to answer the research questions. This paper aims at finding out the intertextuality connection between A Grain of Truth and Beauty and the Beast, through their resemblances in theme and due to the sociocultural enironment erround the stories. The result shows that there are sesemplances in terms of theme, characterization, and symbols in the story. This is related to the collective unconsciousness about the perception of love and curse in fantasy.

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Section: The Intertextuality Between a Grain Of Truth And Beauty And ...mentioning

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Meaning Reconstruction in Fairy Tales Across Eras: An Intertextual Study on A Grain of Truth and Beauty and the Beast

Jilan,

Haryati

2024

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“…However, the discussions on the nature of arbitrariness of sign yielded that semioticians insist that because of the conventional nature of signs, one has to learn the socio-cultural conventions. Culler pointed out that 'from the naturalness of the existence sign for the user must not create assumption that the intrinsic meaning of the signs requires no explanation ' Culler (1975), 5, cf. Chandler (2002, 28.…”

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Passivity to Performativity of Sacred Mountains of Je Tsongkhapa and Mahakala (Gonbo) in the Lungnak Valley of Ladakh: Contemplating the Contemporaneity of Epitomes of Pareidolia (In India)

Wangmo

Tsetan

2023

ShodhKosh J. Vis. Per. Arts

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Pareidolia is an interesting concept that gives a wide scope for understanding the complex relationship between culture, society, and landscapes. It is not merely a perception of human images or objects on natural entities, rather it is an establishment of cultural relation or relatedness with the perceived objects through a “tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between two unrelated things” Robert (2017), cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia) - technically known as apophenia. Pareidolia is defined as “tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern [and] […] the human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness” (Pamela Ferdinand, Merriam-Webster,:2023, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pareidolia ), or as “imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist” (Collins Dictionary, 2023, www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pareidolia), and or as “our brains are wired to look for faces in objects, calling the phenomenon pareidolia” (Buffins in The Sun (2012), Quoted in Collins, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/sentences/english/pareidolia). Although these perceptions are founded upon the ‘self-referential over-interpretations of actual sensory perceptions’ Robert (2017), cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia), their significant role for community’s spiritual life is inevitable as they transform natural things into tangible objects to be protected as part of their cultural heritage with esoteric values. Interestingly, a lot of artistic and aesthetic elements of the local communities could be seen reflected in these perceptions which are also best-known examples of elegant craft culture associated with different genres of folklore including myths, stories, beliefs, customary practices, materials culture, etc., that together constitute the folklife in a particular environmental setting. However, by referring to the self-evolved sacred landscapes of Je Tsongkhapa and Mahakala Gonbo of Lungnak valley in Ladakh region, this article delineates the artistic, aesthetic, and spiritual life associated with the splendorous and magnificent mountains that emerge to shed their passivity to acquire performativity for giving a new dimension to human life. Based on the data collected through observation method, case study and extensive interviews, this article also explores the nature and significance of the performative status of natural objects for future generations through their constant guidance, support and preaching of moral and ethical values that are indispensable in the globalized context. Finally, this article is an attempt to expand the horizon of literature and its concepts to contemplate things around us in the forms of tangible and intangible heritages which necessitate interdisciplinary tools.

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“…Literary competence is analogised with Chomsky's linguistic competence by Culler (2002). When a reader does not have sufficient linguistic competence, he or she reads a sentence as a simply meaningless sequence of words since the structure of the language is not known.…”

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Exploring Efl Learners’ Literary Competence Through Their Critical Stance in Reading Narrative

Prasasti,

Soelistjowati,

Suyadjid

2022

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Critical reading has been promoted as the objective of the reading activity in English language learning. However, previous studies have reported that reading comprehension still centres on comprehending the literal meaning and puts aside critical reading as part of their language learning activity. One of the ways to examine EFL learners’ critical reading is to enquire into their literary competence. This study, aiming at exploring the EFL university students’ literary competence from the perspective of critical reading, was conducted in one of the Indonesian private universities. The participants were required to write an essay containing their critical responses towards a literary text. Content analysis on the essay of each participant was done to explore their literary competence. The findings reveal that the participants were able to demonstrate their literary competence that felt into three categories, namely: relating the literary text to one’s experience, empathising with the literary text, and situating the literary text in a wider sociocultural scope. The critical stances reflected in each of the literary competence were respectively accomplished through constructing and engaging; dialoguing and engaging; and reflecting and evaluating. EFL learners’ literary competence is reflected on the critical responses they produced, in which they relate the content of the text with wider out-text contexts. In order to promote critical reading ability, EFL teachers can include aesthetic reading and involve literary competence in the reading activity.

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Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics, and the Study of Literature

Cited by 219 publications

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Meaning Reconstruction in Fairy Tales Across Eras: An Intertextual Study on A Grain of Truth and Beauty and the Beast

Meaning Reconstruction in Fairy Tales Across Eras: An Intertextual Study on A Grain of Truth and Beauty and the Beast

Passivity to Performativity of Sacred Mountains of Je Tsongkhapa and Mahakala (Gonbo) in the Lungnak Valley of Ladakh: Contemplating the Contemporaneity of Epitomes of Pareidolia (In India)

Exploring Efl Learners’ Literary Competence Through Their Critical Stance in Reading Narrative

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