A Structuralist Study of Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace

Abstract

Structuralism was a reactionary approach that concentrated on signs, structure, language,synchrony, and a unique technique while challenging the independent subject. The works of Gestalt,Saussure, Strauss, Barthes, Marx, and Freud all reflected the concepts of structuralism, but The Necklace by Maupssant is the first book to do so. The scholars used structuralist ideas advanced by Dosse,Sanders, Sturrock, etc. to study one of Maupssant's masterpieces within the framework of structuralism.The current study assessed the existence of structuralism's principles The Necklace's in a hitherto-unstudied location. The aim of this research is to look into the principles of structuralism, The "words and phrases" of Maupssant's story were examined in the context of structuralism, the results of this qualitative investigation were examined using textual analysis.Binary oppositions of poverty and wealth, Id (irrational desire), Superego (sensibility), and syn-chronic and diachronic system in showing Matilda's life of a young beautiful and intuitive lady at one stage and his family background and character's comparison of Matildaand Forestier, components of the narrative's structure.