Heilman : a structuralist critic in this great stage

الملخص EN

This research paper is a critical investigation into the masterpiece of the prominent critic Robert Bechtold Heilman entitled This Great Stage: Image and Structure in King Lear (1948).

The present study is an attempt designed to address the following lines of enquiry.

What are the major tenets of Structuralism? Who are the major authorities in the field of Shakespearean structuralists? What are Heilman's main critical concerns? Does he fulfill the criteria of a typical Structuralist critic?