Language is the vessel that stores and carries thought; for this reason, it has been a focus of study throughout the ages. If the study of language has continually occupied thinkers and researchers, the study of literature—which takes language as its medium—has received even greater attention. Literature is connected to internal influences arising from the writer’s own self, as well as to external influences. Since scholars approach literature from different conceptions and hold diverse ideologies, numerous approaches to literary study have emerged. One of the most important is structuralism, whose foundations were first laid by Ferdinand de Saussure as an approach to the study of language. It soon developed into a scientific method with its own principles and rules, which critics transferred to and employed in the study of literature. These critics include Abd al-Salam al-Masaddi, Kamal Abu Deeb, Salah Fadl, Yumna al-Eid, Ibrahim Zakaria, and Abdullah al-Ghadhami.