ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Formalist Criticism See what the community says and unlock a badge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Along with Lévi-Strauss, the most prominent thinkers associated with structuralism include linguist Roman Jakobson and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Structuralism tries to break the idea of having universal truth but ends up creating its own universal claims. Poststructuralist theorist, like Foucault, argues against those theories. Truth, in its fundamental sense, is criticized by Foucault to not have any universal authenticity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Michel Foucault. Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French historian and philosopher, associated with the structuralist and post-structuralist movements. He has had strong influence not only (or even primarily) in philosophy but also in a wide range of humanistic and social scientific disciplines.