(10) : English
Quarter 3 — Module 6:
Critiquing a Literary Selection Using
Structuralism and Formalism
Approach,
Strueturatiam
Tn Merary theory. structursism i an apprasch analysing the marrative
‘material by examining the underlying invariant structure. For example, Iierary
Side Story did not write anything Yeally” new. because thelr work has the same
structure as Shakespeare's Romeo aid Juilet. In oth texts, «gil and a toy fll in
love fa “ormula’ with a symbolic operator between them would be "Boy + Git")
despite the fact that they belong to two groups that Rete each other [Baye
‘Group ~Girts Group” or “Opposing forces") ar conf is resolved by their death.
"The versity of structuralim i» such that a Mterary ere could make the
same claim about a story of two frend families (Boy's Famaly* Gis Family’ hat
furange a marriage between thee children despite the fact that the children hate
tc other (Boy = Gi) and then the children commit suicide to excape the arranrd
‘marriage the justification is thatthe second storys structure i an inversion ofthe
fret story’ structure: the relationship between the values of love and the two pais
of parties involved have been reversed
StructuralisticIterary crite argues thatthe “novelty value of a teary
‘deveoprnent ane vice ia wtach tat tructure in expreamed, One teach of erary
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Formalism
Formalism viewed ieratre aaa ditinct and separate enti, unconnected to
historical r soca eaten er efits It armigeed Eecatine wecerding to device
unique io rary works and fused on the “herarines” of text word were ot
‘imply stand-ine for objects but object themselves, Formals adeanced the concept
of defamation, arguing that Meratre, by calling attention to fife such,
fstranged the render fom ordinary experience and made the familar seem new
Formalam's tendency to collapee form and content ix somewhat similar to New
‘Cicsm’s approach, though ts main lnuence was on strcturaliom,
+ Terefersto critical approaches that anavz, interpret, or evaluate the inherent
Tee features inekide ot only grammar and syntax but also Ierary devices
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“This approach reduces the inportance ofa text’ historical, biographical, and
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