A NIGHT AT THE OPERA.

This 1935 Marx Brothers film provides a model for the difficult and controversial poststructuralist concept of "text." The immediate implication is that a teacher wishing to introduce textualist theory to a class might begin by showing A NIGHT AT THE OPERA to the students. This would be a step toward realizing Brecht's goal (to which Barthes frequently alluded) of integrating the realms of entertainment and intellect (73).