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(1988) Twentieth-century literary theory, Dordrecht, Springer.
Post-structuralism
pp. 147-170
Structuralism was founded on the Saussurian principle that language as a system of signs must be considered synchronically, that is, within a single temporal plane. The diachronic aspect of language, how it develops and changes over time, was seen as being of secondary importance. In post-structuralist thinking temporality again becomes central.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-19486-5_12
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(1988)., Post-structuralism, in K. M. Newton (ed.), Twentieth-century literary theory, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 147-170.
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