AGAINST DECONSTRUCTION

AGAINST DECONSTRUCTION

by JOHN MARTIN ELLIS

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"The focus of any genuinely new piece of criticism or interpretation must be on the creative act of finding the new, but deconstruction puts the matter the other way around: its emphasis is on debunking the old. But aside from the fact that this program is inherently uninteresting, it is, in fact, not at all clear that it is possible. ... [T]he naivete of the crowd is deconstruction's very starting point, and its subsequent move is as much an emotional as an intellectual leap to a position that…

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  • Full title :AGAINST DECONSTRUCTION.

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"The focus of any genuinely new piece of criticism or interpretation must be on the creative act of finding the new, but deconstruction puts the matter the other way around: its emphasis is on debunking the old. But aside from the fact that this program is inherently uninteresting, it is, in fact, not at all clear that it is possible. ... [T]he naivete of the crowd is deconstruction's very starting point, and its subsequent move is as much an emotional as an intellectual leap to a position that feels different as much in the one way as the other. . . ."--The book.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0691186170, 9780691186177
  • oclc:on1042081821
  • LC Classification:PN98.D43
  • Dewey Decimal:801/.95

Table of Contents

1. Analysis, logic, and argument in theoretical discussion -- 2. Deconstruction and the nature of language -- 3. Deconstruction and the theory and practice of criticism -- 4. What does it mean to say that all interpretation in misinterpretation? -- 5. Textuality, the play of signs, and the role of the reader -- 6. The logic of deconstruction -- 7. Conclusion : the meaning of deconstruction in the contemporary critical scene.

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Subjects

Criticism Critique -- 1970-2000 Deconstructie deconstruction Déconstruction -- Ouvrages de controver… Language and languages -- Philosophy Lenguas -- Filosofía Philosophie du langage

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JOHN MARTIN ELLIS

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