Postcolonial Binary Oppositions in Spivak's "Can the Subaltern Speak?" | ||
| Journal of Historical studies | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 21, November 2017, Pages 343-385 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Researcher. Tamara Alattiya; Dr. Hanaa Al-Bayyati | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Binary Opposition is defined as a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. In structuralism, a binary opposition is seen as a fundamental organizer of human philosophy, culture, and language.Claude Lévi-Strauss adopted the Binary Opposition Theory. He was influenced by several leading theorists including Saussure, Jakobson, Boas, Mauss, Trubetzkoy, Rousseau and Marx(Swan, 2011). According to Francesca Marinaro, Binary Opposition is "a key concept in structuralism, a theory of sociology, anthropology and linguistics that states that all elements of human culture can only be understood in relation to one another and how they function within a larger system or the overall environment"(Marinaro, n.d.). Binary oppositions in cultural studies explore the relationships between different groups of people, for instance: upper-class and lower-class boundaries between groups of people lead to prejudice and discrimination. One group may regard the opposite group (the other) a threat. The binary opposition in literature is a system that writers employ to discover differences between groups of individuals, like cultural, class or gender differences(Marinaro, n.d.). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Postcolonial; Binary; Oppositions | ||
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