The Application of Structuralism Theory on Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
THE APPLICATION OF STRUCTURALISM THEORY ON PRATCHETT’S THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS Introduction In analysing any literary works, structuralism is one of the linguistics theories that is often used by the readers. The structuralism theory has been applied actively in all field theories of sociology, anthropology, linguistics, and literature for years. The theory of structuralism was introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure who was known as “father of modern linguistics” in the first half of the twentieth century. Taghzideh mentioned in his article that structuralism helps the readers in analysing literary works as it functions as an innovative ground for the analysis (1). The concept and sign that can be found in any literary form can be understood better by using structuralism as it will help the readers in generating a new idea of the works by understanding the underlying meanings of the context. A theory is like a foundation form by its principles. As has been prop...