The Worlds of Fact and Fiction in The French Lieutenant's Woman

Structuralism provides people with an effective solution in their constant quest of meaning. Readers and literary writers as well may make meaning out of a literary text with the concept of binary opposition, such as "fact / fiction". The author analyses the novel and points out that the "fact / fiction" opposition existing in the main characters, and that Mr. Fowles cleverly takes advantage of the opposition and leave the quest of fact to the readers, thus creating a more "factual" world in the story.