Food Studies and the Reemergence of Lévi-Strauss’s Structuralism in Literary Criticism

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Moriah Maresh

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Food provides more than physical nourishment; it is a language that can vary from generation to generation and culture to culture. Because of this, Food Studies has arisen as a prominent area of interest in both the anthropological and literary sectors. The structuralist theories of Claude Lévi-Strauss, particularly those presented in “The Culinary Triangle,” served as precursors to Food Studies and can be readily applied to literary texts. By analyzing Han Kang’s The Vegetarian through such a lens, I illustrate in this paper how Lévi-Strauss’s work and its relation to Food Studies is relevant in literary criticism, particularly when exploring characterization

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Food Studies and the Reemergence of Lévi-Strauss’s Structuralism in Literary Criticism. (2022). VERBEIA. Revista De Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies, 8(7), 61-81. https://doi.org/10.57087/Verbeia.2022.4459

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