ensions . ▁If ▁a ▁struct ural ist ▁reading ▁focus es ▁on ▁multiple ▁texts , ▁there ▁must ▁be ▁some ▁way ▁in ▁which ▁those ▁texts ▁un ify ▁themselves ▁into ▁a ▁coh er ent ▁system . ▁The ▁vers at ility ▁of ▁struct ural ism ▁is ▁such ▁that ▁a ▁literary ▁critic ▁could ▁make ▁the ▁same ▁claim ▁about ▁a ▁story ▁of ▁two ▁friendly ▁families ▁(" Bo y ' s ▁Family ▁+ ▁Girl ' s ▁Family ") ▁that ▁ar range ▁a ▁marriage ▁between ▁their ▁children ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁children ▁hate ▁each ▁other ▁(" Bo y ▁- ▁Girl ") ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁children ▁commit ▁suic ide ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁arranged ▁marriage ; ▁the ▁just ification ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁second ▁story ' s ▁structure ▁is ▁an ▁' in version ' ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁story ' s ▁structure : ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁values ▁of ▁love ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁pairs ▁of ▁parties ▁involved ▁have ▁been ▁revers ed . ▁ ▁Struct ural istic ▁literary ▁criticism ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁" liter ary ▁ban ter ▁of ▁a ▁text " ▁can ▁lie ▁only ▁in ▁new ▁structure , ▁rather ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁specific s ▁of ▁character ▁development ▁and ▁voice ▁in ▁which ▁that ▁structure ▁is ▁expressed . ▁Liter ary ▁struct ural ism ▁often ▁follows ▁the ▁lead ▁of ▁Vladimir ▁Pro pp , ▁Alg ird as ▁Jul ien ▁Gre imas , ▁and ▁Claude ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁in ▁seeking ▁out ▁basic ▁deep ▁elements ▁in ▁stories , ▁myth s , ▁and ▁more ▁recently , ▁an ec d otes , ▁which ▁are ▁combined ▁in ▁various ▁ways ▁to