2. Claude Levi-Strauss
and the Binary Opposites Theory
Claude Levi-Strauss was a Belgian
ethnologist who developed theories on
structuralism such as the Binary
Opposites theorem. He was born in
Belgium in 1908 and achieved his
alma mater at the University of Paris.
He also studied law and philosophy but
did not pursue a potential career in the
subject because he received an
agrégation (degree) in Philosophy. He
died in Paris, France in 2009 at the
age of 100.
3. Tzevtan Todorov
and the Todorov Theory
Tzevetan Todorov is a Franco-Bulgarian
historian, philosopher and sociologist. His
theory of ‘Equilibrium - Disequilibrium -
Equilibrium’ which displays how a film’s
protagonist encounters an agent of change
causing disruption which leads to a quest
and a resolution. He was born on March 1st
1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Notable awards
include the CNRS Bronze medal, the
Charles Lévêque Prize of the Académie des
sciences morales et politiques, the first
Maureen Prize of the Académie française
and the Prince of Asturias’ Award for Social
Sciences. He also is an Office of the Ordre
des Arts et des Lettres.
