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Post- Structuralism
- post-structuralism is an extension and critique of structuralism, especially as used in critical textual analysis

- a movement or theory (such as deconstruction) that views the descriptive premise of structuralism as contradicted
by reliance on borrowed concepts or differential terms and categories and sees inquiry as inevitably shaped by
discursive and interpretive practices

- Accordingly, post-structuralism discards the idea of interpreting media (or the world) within pre-established,
socially constructed structures. Structuralism proposes that human culture can be understood by means of a
structure that is modeled on language

- Structuralism is a theoretical approach that identifies patterns in social arrangements, mostly notably
language. While poststructuralism builds on the insights of structuralism, it holds all meaning to be fluid
rather than universal and predictable