Deconstruction: Literary Theory
First introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida. In Deconstruction, "The entire history of the concept of structure," Derrida argues, "...must be thought of as a series of substitutions of center for center, as a linked chain of determinations of the center" (Bass, Modern Literary Theory 151).
Deconstruction
What the Campus Community has to say about the endeavor...
Deconstruction: Some Assumptions
"Deconstruction is a poststructuralist theory, based largely but not exclusively on the writings of the Paris-based Jacques Derrida. It is in the first instance a philosophical theory and a theory directed towards the (re)reading of philosophical writings."
Derrida & Deconstruction: Key Points
Warren Hedges, SOU, says, "I think Deconstruction is best understood as a textual strategy. Considering how to translate the term, Jacques Derrida notes that 'it is to ... use value that I am now going to try to give some precision and not some primitive meaning or etymology sheltered from or outside of any contextual strategy'."