2. Levi-Strauss argued that all narratives could
be reduced down to binary opposites. Levi-
Strauss introduced the notion of binary
oppositions as a useful way to consider the
production of meaning within narratives. He
argued that all construction of meaning was
dependent, to some degree, on these
oppositions.
3. He realised that worlds simply act as symbols for
society’s ideas and that the meaning of words was a
relationship rather than a fixed thing just a
relationship between opposing ideas.
4. Examples:
Good Evil
White Black
Strong Weak
Peace War
Protagonis
t
Antagonist
Light Dark
5. Levi-Strauss theory is
conflict based around the
opposites and that binary
opposites is central of
narrative structure. For
example, in action movies
there always is protagonist
and antagonist, one of them
is strong and other is
weaker.
