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 this work, he tries to search for the underline scientific…
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 on ideas and assumptions from them. According to him, his…
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 demanded equal rights including gender equality, the right to divorce…
Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses Summary by Althusser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4xmIY0vfA Introduction Althusser was a Structuralist Marxist. He wrote ideology and ideological state apparatuses in French which was published in 1970. In this essay, Althusser tells how the conditions of…
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 and challenges there over history and prejudice. She considers postmodernism…
New Criticism in Literature; Characteristics & Examples
https://youtu.be/-hV2ilxLq8s Definition New Criticism, in simple terms, is a critical movement that propagates the idea of 'art for art's sake'." In focusing on the text itself ("close reading"), New Critics intentionally…