Lecture 13 Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction Literary Criticism
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Lecture 13 Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction Literary Criticism and Theory ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻟﻜﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ ] ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﻓﻴﺼﻞ King Faisal University
Post-structuralism is French v Post-structuralism is a European-based theoretical movement that departs from structuralist methods of analysis. The most important names are: ü Jacques Lacan (psychoanalysis) ü Michel Foucault (history) ü Jacques Derrida (philosophy) ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻟﻜﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ 3 ] ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﻓﻴﺼﻞ King Faisal University
Deconstruction is American v Deconstruction is a U. S. -based method of literary and cultural analysis influenced by the work of Jacques ü Derrida ü J. Hillis Miller ü Geoffrey Hartman ü Paul De Man ü Barbara Johnson ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻟﻜﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ 4 ] ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﻓﻴﺼﻞ King Faisal University
Derrida’s Central Works v ü ü ü Three Early Classics: Of Grammatology (1967) Speech and Phenomena (1967) Writing and Difference (1967) v ü ü ü Further Interests: Politics, Literature, Ethics, etc. Acts of Literature (1992) Spectres of Marx (1993) Of Hospitality (1997) v ü ü ü Articles: • “Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” (1966) [also in Writing and Difference] • “Signature, Event, Context” (1977) [Derrida vs. Austin] ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻟﻜﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ 5 ] ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﻓﻴﺼﻞ King Faisal University
Derrida on Language: What Language Is Not v Derrida radically challenges commonsense assumptions about language. For him, ü language is not a vehicle for the communication of pre-existing thoughts ü “language is not an instrument or tool in man’s hands […]. Language rather thinks man and his ‘world’” (J. Hillis Miller, “The Critic as Host”) ü language is not a transparent window onto the world ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻟﻜﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ 6 ] ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﻓﻴﺼﻞ King Faisal University
What Language Is v For Derrida, language is unreliable v There is no pre-discursive reality. Every reality is shaped and accessed by a discourse. “there is nothing outside of the text” (Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology) v Texts always refer to other texts (cf. Fredric Jameson’s The Prison-House of Language) v Language constructs/shapes the world Note: Derrida has a very broad notion of ‘text’ that includes all types of sign systems) ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻹﻟﻜﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education [ 7 ] ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﻓﻴﺼﻞ King Faisal University
