Bhumi Joshi.

 On the base our classroom discussion I try to give my answers of the questions of the novel " To The Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf.                                                                    How can you explain that 'what' Virginia Woolf wanted to say (for example, the complexity of human relationship, the everyday battles that people are at in their relationship with near and dear ones, the struggle of a female artist against the values of middle/upper class society etc) can only be said in the way she has said? (Key: The 'How' of the narrative technique is to be discussed along with features of Stream of Consciousness technique which helps Woolf to put in effective manner what she experienced in abstractions.)            As we know that novel deals with the complexity of human relations in life. To ascribe the complexity of everyday life, she uses the narrative technique which is called " Stream Of Consciousness." Using such

“Language speaks us rather we  speak language”      Structuralism is a method of interpretation and analysis of every aspect of human  behavior  and culture. In literature, we have also the method of Structuralism to interpret the text with various perspectives. Structuralists say that there is no meaning of particular word because  meaning comes only through the context.      There are many structuralist critics like… Ferdinand Saussure , Gerald Garnette,  Claude –Levi –Strauss ,Roland Barthea etc…     We find basic common structure in every work. And literary work has also common structure like… Beginning , Climax and End .. To understand structuralism , we must understand the three word .....   Sign, Signifier, and Signified. Sign – Sound, word signifier – through sign meaning comes & image pop up in mind Signified – Something already there. Signifier stands for.   So, we find three fundamental assumptions  are: 1. Arbitrary 2. Relation