Translation of: :Structuralist poetics: structuralism, linguistics and the study of literature.
part 1. Structuralism and linguistic models -- The linguistic foundation -- The development of a method : two examples -- Jakobson's poetic analyses -- Greimas and structural semantics -- Linguistic metaphors in criticism part 2. Poetics -- Literary competence -- Convention and naturalization -- Poetics of the lyric -- Poetics of the novel part 3. Perspectives -- 'Beyond' structuralism : Tel Quel -- Conclusion. Structuralism and the qualities of literature.