Levi-Strauss Flashcards
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What is Levi-Strauss’s theory?
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The idea of structuralism and binary opposition
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What do binary oppositions relate to?
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Protagonists and antagonists in film correlating the idea to an opposite character to the main one
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What does Levi-Strauss believe in?
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That these binary oppositions help thicken the plot and create drama that the audience wants
3
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How does Levi-Strauss’s theory relate to media language and news?
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Levi’s theory is usually relevant to the idea of a ‘us’ and ‘them’ partition - common mode of address in news
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What is the main disadvantage of Levi’s theory in relation to news?
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Doesn’t apply to news and doesn’t tell us about the ownership or control of news
