1. Semiotics (Barthes)
1.1. Sign System
1.1.1. Signifier/Signified (Ferdinand de Saussire)
1.1.1.1. index
1.1.1.1.1. natural
1.1.1.2. icon
1.1.1.2.1. cultural
1.1.1.3. symbol
1.1.1.3.1. specific cultural
2. Structuralism and Literature
2.1. Literary Genres
2.1.1. Northrop Frye
2.1.1.1. Western Literary Traditions
2.1.1.1.1. Mythoi
3. Greimas
3.1. Actants
3.1.1. subject-Object
3.1.1.1. Quest
3.1.1.1.1. Shrek
3.1.2. Sender-Receiver
3.1.2.1. Communication
3.1.2.1.1. Lord Farquaad
3.1.3. Helper-Opponent
3.1.3.1. Subplots
3.1.3.1.1. Quest
3.1.3.1.2. Communication
3.2. structure
3.2.1. Contractual
3.2.1.1. Agreements
3.2.1.1.1. Shrek and lord Farquaad
3.2.2. Performative
3.2.2.1. Tasks
3.2.2.1.1. Fight to the dragon
3.2.3. Disjunctive
3.2.3.1. Travels
3.2.3.1.1. Go to the tower
4. Todorov
4.1. Narrative and Grammar
4.1.1. Units of narrative
4.1.1.1. Actions
4.1.1.2. Characters
4.1.1.3. Attributes
4.1.1.4. Prepositions
4.1.1.5. Sequences
4.1.2. Units of language
4.1.2.1. Verbs
4.1.2.2. Nouns
4.1.2.3. Adjectives
4.1.2.4. Sentences
4.1.2.5. Paragraphs
5. Structures
5.1. wholeness
5.1.1. unit
5.1.1.1. a person
5.2. transformation
5.2.1. dynamic
5.2.1.1. technology
5.3. self-regulation
5.3.1. system
5.3.1.1. soccer
6. Structural Anthropology
6.1. Claude Levi-Strauss
6.1.1. Cultures
6.1.1.1. myths
6.1.1.1.1. mytheme
7. Genette
7.1. Narration
7.2. Narrative
7.3. Story
7.4. Story-Narrative-Narration
7.4.1. Tense
7.4.1.1. Order
7.4.1.1.1. Jay Gatsby's Story
7.4.1.2. Duration
7.4.1.2.1. Gatsby meets Daisy
7.4.1.3. Frecuency
7.4.1.3.1. Forest Gump
7.4.2. Mood
7.4.2.1. Distance
7.4.2.1.1. God-Between
7.4.2.1.2. Precense of narrator
7.4.2.2. Perspective
7.4.2.2.1. The Strange Case of Benjamin Button
7.4.3. Voice
7.4.3.1. Narrator's Perspective
7.4.3.1.1. Newspapers
7.4.3.1.2. Severus Snape tells Harry father's story
8. Culler
8.1. Literary Competence
8.1.1. System of codes
8.1.1.1. Convention of distance and impersonality
8.1.1.1.1. Non-literary
8.1.1.1.2. Fictional
8.1.1.2. Naturalization
8.1.1.2.1. the transformation of text in literary form
8.1.1.3. Rules of
8.1.1.3.1. Significance
8.1.1.3.2. Methaforical Coherence
8.1.1.3.3. Thematic Unity