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Structuralism analyses literary works as systems of:
AFree individual expressions
BDifferential signs governed by underlying codes
CReligious revelations
DPolitical slogans
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Differential signs governed by underlying codes
1. Structuralism (Saussure → Lévi-Strauss → Barthes) reads texts through code-systems.
2. Meaning emerges from differences within a system, not from referent alone.
3. The brief names it among the theory schools to seed.
_Source: Coverage brief — Theory canon — "Literary Theory & Criticism — ... Structuralism"_
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