The Object of Study by Ferdinand de Saussure Summary
Saussure is known as the father of modern linguistics. He is a structuralist. He gave the theory of signs. Through …
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Literary Criticism Notes
What is an Author by Foucault | Summary & Analysis
Michel Foucault is not a Freudian, Marxist, Socialist, Structuralist or a Literary Theorist but a post-structuralist thinker. However, he draws …
When the Goods Get Together Summary by Irigaray
French Feminism French feminism began during the French revolution of 1789. It was the first phase in which the women …
Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses Summary by Althusser
Introduction Althusser was a Structuralist Marxist. He wrote ideology and ideological state apparatuses in French which was published in 1970. …
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Can the Subaltern Speak Summary by Gayatri Spivak
Introduction Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak a postcolonial Theory calls herself “a practical Marxist feminist deconstructionist”. She discourages and dismantles western centres …
New Criticism in Literature; Characteristics & Examples
Definition New Criticism, in simple terms, is a critical movement that propagates the idea of ‘art for art’s sake’.” In focusing …
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