Against Deconstruction / John Martin Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, John M. (John Martin), 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deconstruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 168 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"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 naïvetê 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. . . ." --From the book

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

AGAINST DECONSTRUCTION

ONE. Analysis, Logic, and Argument in Theoretical Discussion

TWO. Deconstruction and the Nature of Language

THREE. Deconstruction and the Theory and Practice of Criticism

FOUR. What Does It Mean to Say That All Interpretation Is Misinterpretation?

FIVE. Textuality, the Play of Signs, and the Role of the Reader

SIX. The Logic of Deconstruction

SEVEN. Conclusion: The Meaning of Deconstruction in the Contemporary Critical Scene

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691186177

0691186170

OCLC:

1076411513