Tuesday, March 10, 2009

STRUCTURALISM: Surface Structure and Deep Structure

Here's the upcoming theory for Theory of Literature I class discussion. Click the above title to get the article. While reading the article, also have this poem with you to see how Structuralism is used for the analysis in the article.

The Garden of Love by William Blake

I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore;

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briers my joys and desires.

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