A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure

Richard Skınner

A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure

Abstract

A. J. Greimas’ Semiotic Square first made its appearance in his book Sémantique Structurale, published in 1966. In it, he uses the square to identify and explore sets of oppositions within literary texts. In my essay, “A. J. Greimas in Jakarta”, I use Greimas’ model and apply it to stories, novellas and novels by writers as diverse as Alice Munro, Andre Dubus, Han Kang and Julian Barnes in order to explore the narrative structure of those texts. In particular, I use the square to pinpoint and highlight the four-way sets of relationships in operation in all those texts.

Keywords

References

Barnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Jonathan Cape, 2011.
Bates, H.E. Love for Lydia. Penguin, 1952.
Dubus, Andre. We Don’t Live Here Anymore: The Novellas of Andre Dubus. Picador, 1984.
Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd. Cornhill Magazine, 1874.
Kang, Han. The Vegetarian. 2007. Portobello, 2015.
Munro, Alice. “Jakarta.” The Love of a Good Woman. Vintage, 1998.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Literary Theory

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Richard Skınner ^* This is me
0000-0002-2994-5177
United Kingdom

Publication Date

April 20, 2021

Submission Date

January 12, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 4, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 1 Number: 1

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Skınner, R. (2021). A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, 1(1), 1-9. https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ

AMA

1.Skınner R. A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure. IDEAS. 2021;1(1):1-9. https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ

Chicago

Skınner, Richard. 2021. “A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure”. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies 1 (1): 1-9. https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ.

EndNote

Skınner R (April 1, 2021) A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies 1 1 1–9.

IEEE

[1]R. Skınner, “A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure”, IDEAS, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–9, Apr. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ

ISNAD

Skınner, Richard. “A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure”. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies 1/1 (April 1, 2021): 1-9. https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ.

JAMA

1.Skınner R. A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure. IDEAS. 2021;1:1–9.

MLA

Skınner, Richard. “A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure”. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, Apr. 2021, pp. 1-9, https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ.

Vancouver

1.Richard Skınner. A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure. IDEAS [Internet]. 2021 Apr. 1;1(1):1-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA94BT77PJ