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STRUCTURALISM'S CRITIQUE OF THE ROMANTIC MYTH OF THE AUTHOR

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1983
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Structuralism's Critique of the Romantic Myth of the Author is aimed at the Romantic concept of the author as a special individual possessed of unique sensibilities and God-like powers of creation. The structuralist analysis of this myth is an attempt to decompose - to separate into its component parts - the Romantic image of the author. This act of decomposition enables structuralism to demonstrate the construction of this myth and to suggest its implausability from a perspective informed by structuralist theory. In the course of this analysis, structuralism is able to suggest some of the functions of the myth within literature as well as within contemporary Western culture.
Title: STRUCTURALISM'S CRITIQUE OF THE ROMANTIC MYTH OF THE AUTHOR.
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Name(s): MONTALBANO, MARGARET.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Pearce, Howard D., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1983
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 63 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Structuralism's Critique of the Romantic Myth of the Author is aimed at the Romantic concept of the author as a special individual possessed of unique sensibilities and God-like powers of creation. The structuralist analysis of this myth is an attempt to decompose - to separate into its component parts - the Romantic image of the author. This act of decomposition enables structuralism to demonstrate the construction of this myth and to suggest its implausability from a perspective informed by structuralist theory. In the course of this analysis, structuralism is able to suggest some of the functions of the myth within literature as well as within contemporary Western culture.
Identifier: 14176 (digitool), FADT14176 (IID), fau:10988 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
Subject(s): Structuralism (Literary analysis)
Authorship
Romanticism
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