Structural interpretation reads the gaps rather than the unified whole

Evidence

It follows, then, that the interpretive mission of a properly structural causality will on the contrary find its privileged content in rifts and discontinuities within the work, and ultimately in a conception of the former “work of art” as a heterogeneous and (to use the most dramatic recent slogan) a schizophrenic text. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 1394

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Transindividual structures, not authorial intention, anchor strong interpretation today.; Abstraction is the essential instrument for revealing structures invisible to direct observation — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 199; The Occident-Orient binary describes contested interpretations, not real monolithic blocks — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 845 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Transindividual structures, not authorial intention, anchor strong interpretation today. #corroborates (0.85)
• Alternative maps of interpretation yield fresh perspective on familiar material #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 319
• Systems are analyzed through complementary structure and function concepts #expands (0.82) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 112
• Abstraction is the essential instrument for revealing structures invisible to direct observation #expands (0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 199
• The Occident-Orient binary describes contested interpretations, not real monolithic blocks #exemplifies (0.80) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 845
• Reading a speculative proposition requires transforming meaning through interpretation #corroborates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1225
• Concrete understanding requires adding determinations, not invoking inert background #qualifies (0.78)
• An outdated interpretive framework can reveal the postmodern by failing to fit its object #exemplifies (0.75)
• Structuralism’s real value lay in making homologies, not in the concept of structure. #expands (0.72)
• A totalizing theory silently excludes texts that contradict its category #expands (0.72) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 169