Claude Lévi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology.
This theory suggests that NARRATIVES (=myths) are STRUCTURED around BINARY OPPOSITIONS eg: good v evil; human v alien; young v old etc etc. As such, it encourages students to understand narrative as a structure of key (oppositional) themes that underpin action and dialogue to develop a set of messages that the audience are able to decode and understand.
Binary Thinking in Ghost Town
CONCEPT | strongly agree | agree | neutral | agree | strongly agree | OPPOSITE CONCEPT |
| FEMALE | ✅ | MALE | ||||
| SATISFIED | ✅ | UNSATASFIED | ||||
| WHITE | ✅ | BLACK | ||||
| URBAN | ✅ | REGIONAL | ||||
| POOR | ✅ | RICH | ||||
| MATURE | ✅ | CHILDISH | ||||
| OBIEDIENT | ✅ | DISOBIDIENT | ||||
| NON-CONFORMITY | ✅ | CONFORMITY | ||||
| YOUNG | ✅ | OLD | ||||
| CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT | ✅ | ACCEPTING OF GOVERNMENT |