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(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 itera a wees eternal cor; L. Mtr Doggie ad cute + Stuctraliat ees anarard material by examining undeingsrctre, seth treet pln ate sown he era CE il orks the yes mw oe Sri aed anime ale em ay ee 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 th on ctr el Goren “This approach reduces the inportance ofa text’ historical, biographical, and a

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