Hello
readers,
This blog post is one of my
academic activities based on Structuralism and Literary Criticism by Gerard
Genette.
Structuralism or Structuralist Criticism is the offshoot of
certain developments in linguistics and anthropology. In literary theory, structuralism is an approach of analyzing the narrative
material by examining the underlying invariant structure. The versatility of
structuralism is such that a literary critic could make the same claim about a
story of two.
By applying this theory I
tried to analyse two Indian movies- Aashiqui I and Aashiqui II. In these
movies as a structuralist critic I tried to find out similarities in different
situations.
In both of these
movies I have found-
1> Place
2> Love
3> Complexity
4> Unison
In
Aashiqui I, we can see both the hero
(Rahul) and heroine (Anu) met up in a disturbed place where they both get
attracted towards each other and they fall in love. Rahul helps Anu to be self-
dependent. Before marrying Anu, Rahul wanted to be an established singer which
he becomes with the help of Anu. But later Rahul feels inferior thinking that
he seeked the help of Anu to become successful and for which he grows a grudge
inside himself against Anu. Later when Anu got an opportunity to excel in her
career she was about to go but Rahul came and tried to stop her and she stayed
back to retrieve her relationship again.
In Aashiqui II, we can see both the hero (Rahul)
and heroine (Aarohi) met in a bar. Rahul got impressed by Aarohi’s simplicity
and voice and promised to make her a singing sensation. Rahul begins to train Aarohi, who signs a music contract to sing
in films and becomes a successful playback singer. When Rahul heard people
gossiping that he is using her as a servant he feels bad, and Aarohi who was in
love with Rahul compromised her career and comforts him.
Rahul overhears Aarohi talking with someone that she is going
to give up her career for him because Rahul is more important to her. Rahul
feels inferior and thinks that he has become a burden on her and would leave
her to save her career. On the way after leaving Aarohi, Rhaul meets with an
accident, on hearing this Aarohi decides to leave her career. But she was
reminded that Rahul wanted her to see as a successful singer, so she decides to
stay back only for Rahul’s sake. Later, she signed her name as "Aarohi
Rahul Jaykar”, thinking at least in this manner she can unite with Rahul.
In both of these movies we can find same circumstances
are showcased but in different manner.
