Levi-Strauss Structuralism Theory

Whose theory is 'Structuralism Theory'?

• Claude Levi-Strauss

• Roland Barthes

• Tzvetan Todorov

• Jean Baudrillard

'The conflict between binary

opposites drives forward the _________'

• meaning

• narrative

• understanding

• significance

Which of the following is a key concept in Structuralism?

• Binary oppositions

• Phenomenology

• Postmodernism

• Deconstruction

'The idea that texts can best be understood through an

examination of their underlying ____________'.

• significance

• meaning

• denotation

• structure

'The idea that the way in which these binary

oppositions are _________ can have particular ideological

significance'.

• resolved

• decoded

• denoted

• presented

What sort of stories did Levi-Strauss analyse before he arrived at his ideas regarding binary oppositions?

• fairy tales

• dystopian literature

• myths

• epic poetry

What did Levi-Strauss believe was the reason that humans developed thinking structures that used binary oppositions?

• all humans think differently and there is no simple way to analyse human thought

• all human ideas are driven by the need for self preservation

• human thought is fluid and has no rigid structure

• oppositional pairs reflect a universal human tendency to think in dualities

Which of the following is not an example of a media based opposition?

• Character oppositions

• Narrative oppositions

• Postmodern oppositions

• Genre-driven binary oppositions

What is the primary focus of Structuralism in analysing texts?

• Historical context

• Author's biography

• Underlying structures

• Reader's interpretation

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'binary oppositions' in Structuralism?

• Contrasting pairs that help to understand meaning

• Unrelated concepts that coexist

• Similar ideas that reinforce each other

• Identical elements that form a narrative