Rather than its current common usage of analyzing or criticizing something intensively, deconstruction indicates arriving at a new thought or perspective by taking apart an already existing one (or taking apart an already existing one thanks to framing it through something new)—thus de- con -struction. Deconstruction 1. Definition Main Characteristics Main Figures 2. Definition of : Deconstruction is not a theory unified by any set of consistent rules or procedures. It has been variously regarded as a way of reading, a mode of writing, and, above all, a way of challenging interpretations of texts based upon conventional notions of the stability of the human self, the external world, and of fDeconstruction Deconstruction is a term introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1967 book Of Grammatology. Deconstruction refers to a process of exploring the categories and concepts that history and tradition has imposed on a word or a work. Deconstruction suggests analysis with high precision. PDF. Tools. Request permission; Export citation; Add to favorites; Track citation; Share Share. Deconstruction in Antiquity? Socrates und Protagoras. Further Reading. Modern Literary Theory and Ancient Texts: An Introduction. Related; Information; Close Figure Viewer. Return to Figure. Previous Figure Next Figure. Caption. Download Deconstruction Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle Deconstruction: Theory and Practice has been acclaimed as by far the most readable, concise and authoritative guide to this topic. Without oversimplifying or glossing over the challenges, Norris makes deconstruction more accessible to the reader. Single Chapter PDF Download $42.00. Details. Unlimited viewing of the article/chapter PDF and any associated supplements and figures. Article/chapter can be printed. Article/chapter can be downloaded. Article/chapter can not be redistributed. Check out. Deconstruction instead places emphasis on the mere appearance of language in both speech and writing, or suggests at least that essence as it is called is to be found in its appearance, while it itself is "undecidable", and everyday experiences cannot be empirically evaluated to find the actuality of language. Many introductions to literary theory describe a series of 'schools' of criticism. Theory is treated as a series of competing 'approaches', each with its theoretical positions and commitments. But the theoretical movements that introductions identify - such as structuralism, deconstruction, feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, and new REVIEW ESSAY: Deconstruction and Feminist Literary Theory "Displacement and the Discourse of Woman," by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. In DISPLACEMENT: DERRIDA AND AFTER, ed. Mark Krupnick. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983. 198 pp. $15.00. ON DECONSTRUCTION: THEORY AND CRITICISM AFTER STRUCTURALISM, by Jonathan Culler. Ithaca: Cornell The movement known as 'deconstruction' is, at the time of writing, not much more than twenty years old. It achieved self-consciousness only in the 1970s. Deconstruction may be seen as a means to understand the relationship between text and meaning, institution and nature, dichotomies and the hierarchies created by language. It stands as a form of literary and philosophical analysis that has been derived from the works of the post-structuralist philosopher Jaques Derrida. Deconstruction may be seen as a means to understand the relationship between text and meaning, insti