文论-斯特劳斯.ppt

Life Structuralism A French anthropologist , ethnologist , structuralist a decisive influence on the humanities in the second half of the twentieth century 1908-2009 Structural approach to myth Conclusion Life :Claude Levi-Strauss born in Brussels(布鲁塞尔，比利时) 1908 grew up in France father :French painter mother :has Jewish ancestry named after the artist Claude Lorrain dream to be an artist studied law and philosophy at Sorbonne(巴黎大学文学院) got bachelor of laws, later in 1931 he gave up learning law , focusing on philosophy(psychoanalysis and Marxism) Plan to be a high school teacher Turning point: was offered to become a member of the university mission in Brazil as a professor of sociology at the University of S?o Paulo(巴西圣保罗大学) 1935-1939: do ethnography(人种学) work in Brazil with his wife, a professor of ethnology conducted research forays into the Mato Grosso (印第安部落)and the Amazon Rainforest This experience cemented him professional identity as an anthropologist. Turning point 2： was stripped of French citizenship after French capitulation(1940法国投降) for his Jewish ancestry during WWII. Escape 1941 was offered a position at the New School for social research in New York. relationship with Jacobson(结构主义语言学家)helped shape his theoretical outlook of structuralism create the structural anthropology in 1948,returned to Paris and received his doctorate from the Sorbonne. an honorary Professor at the Collège de France(法兰西公学院the highest in French higher education ) Interests : Anthropology kinship mythology society The Elementary Structures of Kinship（亲属关系的基本结构） Tristes Tropiques （忧郁的热带） The Savage Mind （野性的思维） Mythology 神话学 Structural Anthropology结构人类学 Structuralism Linguistic：Saussure （language is a self-contained system of signs）Chomsky(deep structure) Claude :cultures can be viewed as systems of signs and analyzed in terms of the structural relations among their elements. Literature: analyze