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Structuralist Criticism

Structuralist Criticism is a method of literary analysis that belongs to the broader field of structuralism and is distinguished by its focus on uncovering the underlying, systematic relationships and formal structures—such as narrative patterns, binary oppositions, and linguistic codes—within literary texts, particularly in the German literary context.

370

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29.5K

Citations

427

Authors

153

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

33

Variants

Structuralist Literary Criticism

Parents

Publications

370

Social Space and Symbolic Power

Pierre Bourdıeu · Sociological Theory · 1989 · 4.3K citations

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The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre

Roberta Reeder, Tzvetan Todorov, Richard Howard · The Slavic and East European Journal · 1976 · 1.6K citations

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Organizational Size and the Structuralist Perspective: A Review, Critique, and Proposal

John R. Kimberly · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1976 · 963 citations

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Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics, and the Study of Literature

Edward Wasiolek · Comparative Literature · 1977 · 819 citations

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On Deconstruction. Theory and Criticism after Structuralism

David William Foster · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1984 · 815 citations

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Authors

427

  1. JT
    Jane Tompkins

    3 publications · 718 citations

    3

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  2. SF
    Steven French

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 119 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. DL
    David Lodge

    Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 472 citations

    3

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  4. JM
    John M. Broughton

    Wayne State University, United States

    3 publications · 44 citations

    3

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  5. LM
    Ladislav Matějka

    3 publications · 217 citations

    3

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Institutions

153

  1. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    168 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    294 citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    187 citations

  4. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    148 citations

  5. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    121 citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    218 citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    526 citations

  8. Munich School of Philosophy

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    25 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 20 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    7 publications · 675 citations

    7

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  3. Poetics Today

    7 publications · 992 citations

    7

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  4. 6

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  5. World Literature Today

    WLT · 6 publications · 981 citations

    6

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