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International Research Journal of Tamil

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): Volume 3, Issue 2, Year 2021
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The difference between Structuralism and Post Structuralism in the thinking of language

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  • Srividhya R
Srividhya R
Subramania Bharathi School of Tamil Language and Literature, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry-14, India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt21213



Published 2021-04-30

Keywords

  • Structuralism,
  • Post Structuralism,
  • Signifier,
  • Signified

How to Cite

R, S. (2021). The difference between Structuralism and Post Structuralism in the thinking of language. International Research Journal of Tamil, 3(2), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt21213

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Abstract

Structuralism and Post Structuralism are two different literary movements. Structuralism believes that the world should be understood through structures. According to structuralism, there is no reality outside the language. In language the individual words attained their meaning due to the existence of the structure.  Post-structuralism rejected this basic idea of Saussure. It says, there is no reality or absolute truth. There is no fixed connection between the signifier and signified. Meaning is always deferred. This article presents the difference between the structuralism and Post structuralism in the concept of language.

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