... opposing yet complementing meanings, which so often resolve into a close unity. There are fundamentally two kinds of paradox that may be distinguished: (a) particular or "local"; (b) general or "structural". Examples of the first are concise statements that verge on the epigrammatic- such as Hamlet's line: "I must be cruel to be kind". The second kind is more complex. For example the ... / author/ playwright's language. Whilst paradox is a concept which is central to formalism, another central concept is of langue and parole which are of fundamental importance to structuralism. They are ...

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