Abstract

In linguistics and the social sciences, 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, Blackburn, Barry,
etc. to study one of Maupssant's masterpieces within the framework of structuralism. The current
study assessed existence of structuralism's principles The Necklace's in a hitherto unstudied
location. The purpose of this study is to examine the principles of structuralism, specifically
binary oppositions, narrative structure, synchronic system, theory of id, ego, and superego,
cultural determinism, codes of narrative, structural elements of the narrative, and collocation
structure of the vocabulary used in this story. Because 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. In this perspective, binary oppositions of poverty and
wealth, Id (irrational desire), and Superego (sensibilty), synchronic 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 Matilda and Forestier, structural components of
narrative i.e. parallelism, repetitions and contrast, the Base-Superstructure element, cultural
determinism, etc. were explored from The Necklace.
Keywords: Binary oppositions; Cultural determinism; Freud; Structure; Synchrony; Diachrony