#booktok #philosophy #literature #literarytheory #saussure #rolandbarthes Professor Timothy H. Wilson Department of English, University of Ottawa ENG 3375 -- Contemporary Literary Theory Week 4 An introduction to the key concepts of Saussure's modern revolution in linguistics, emphasizing the aspects of Saussure's thinking that influenced the Structuralist movement in the Human Sciences. Later Structuralists who built on the insights of Saussure are also discussed, including Roman Jakobson, Claude Levi-Strauss and Roland Barthes. Powerpoint slides for this lecture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N85EOxS7_Mrlc1msmu7qvPFezBF3EhZ3/view?usp=drive_link Course Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/untergehenproject/courses/contemporary-literary-theory-2025-26 0:00 - Introduction 0:53 - Roman Jakobson 7:04 - Claude Levi-Strauss 11:39 - Roland Barthes 18:08 - Example of Structuralist Interpretation: Leach's Analysis of Genesis 3 25:14 - Conclusion: What is Structuralism? Related Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RsoS2917N0&t=1448s&pp=ygUrbGVvIHN0cmF1cyBhbmQgdGhlIHRocmVlIHdhdmVzIG9mIG1vZGVybml0eQ%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWps2AkdcfE&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V5cobHCvVQWiH63dR5z6Ml&index=1&t=963s&pp=iAQBsAgC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHwZl6kC5zs&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V5cobHCvVQWiH63dR5z6Ml&index=2&pp=iAQBsAgC