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Rahimi M, Rahimi A. Generic Structuralism, Hypertext, and Literary Proverbs. CFL 2020; 8 (31) :209-231
URL: http://cfl.modares.ac.ir/article-11-38637-en.html

Following the pragmatist perspective regarding the development of sociological approaches, Lucian Goldman's Theory of Generic Structuralism analyzes literary texts as a social institution. According to this theory, the work of a writer, in the final analysis, is primarily the result of the desires and aspirations of a social class. In Goldman's view, a literary text, in dual function, is influenced by a variety of economic, social, and ideological hypertexts, and on the other hand, with respect to the contradictions in objective reality, it affects the hypertext. Proverbs, especially with regard to the historical-class experiences and their longevity, are a sound basis for literary exploration with a Generic Structuralism approach. This study, bearing a descriptive-analytical approach, examines proverbs and has shown the validity of this theory in a number of literary propositions. The study, as one of the first attempts that has taken the theory from the field of one or more coherent works into the historical-applied range of literary proverbs, shows how proverbs in terms of its concise and affective nature, are used by both the upper and lower social classes, and act as a means of achieving interests. The study reveals the link between hypertext and form, the expression of two types of hypertexts, and the examination of conceptual contradictions even in a historical period.