When I talk about structuralism, I find that it takes a realistic view of how the world is represented, because we are essentially inundated with concepts and signs via communication and language structures. In this week's readings, I found more depth into the ideas behind structuralism than my previous exposures, particularly in looking at Roland Barthes' "The World of Struggle," from his Mythologies collection. "The World of Struggle" provided a comprehensive overview of how the structuralist idea of ​​difference plays into deriving meaning (or meanings) from literature in countless ways, particularly in how the reception of myths and specific signifiers evoke structurally conditioned responses from the audience. The most important concepts of structuralism lie in the idea of ​​how meaning is derived, and the discovery that the depth or internal structure of meaning-making transcends the power of an individual text. However, this does not mean that the word (or individual utterance; Tyson 213) itself is irrelevant, but that it is a reproduction of the way in which meaning derives from the structures that created the text itself. -even. Instead of viewing text as an autonomous object that creates its own objectivity, we instead view text as an act of communication, similar to a speech act, a statement of a concept that is not the physical representation of the concept . - rather a sign which refers to the concept in an indirect way. The example given in the course notes (and in Critical Theory Today by Lois Tyson) revolves around the word meaning book in French and English. The English word “book” potentially means nothing to a French speaker; and "Book" have nothing for the English speaker, because each is an example of the speakers and...... middle of paper ...... Uralist point of view. This audience understanding demonstrates how structuralism gets to its point, that the underlying structure of meaning-making can appear in subtle ways, even in the ring, far from deep concepts such as meaning or understanding. Anything that can be defined as language or expression can articulate its meaning on a set of structures that produce it, and different structures provide different meanings. However, all works provide insight into how human understanding is derived, which is one of the advantages of structuralism and its application in literature. Works CitedBressler, Charles E. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. 5th ed. New York: Longman, 2011. Print. Levine, George. “Frankenstein and the Tradition of Realism.” Frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2011. Print.