ENGLISH 2RW6 A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nnedi Okorafor, Philology, Heteroglossia
16 Oct 2018
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Two sides; choices and techniques theoretical work. De saussure langue (shared by a community) and parole (what the individual speaks) Structuralism- looking at concepts and how they relate to other concepts it is comparative. You know it is something because of elements that connote - measuring and comparing to relate how things meet. Structuralism & formalism: overview forming an argument: developing a key point and topic sentence. Supernatural short works: edgar allan poe, "the raven" and the murders in the rue. Formalism and structuralism have a historical connection through progression from formalist studies of language to structuralist studies of society and culture. 18th-19th century linguistic had concentrates on the study of grammar and philology- emphasizing logic and historical development, while comparative linguistics focused on analogy and homology. Saussure believed that language was complex, invalid n established system and an evolution - it is awn institution of the present and product of the past.
