On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism After Structuralism

ISBN-13: 9780415461511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 331 str.

Jonathan Culler

Opis

A guide for those interested in understanding modern critical thought. It presents a synthesis of Derrida's thought and an analysis of the problematic relation between his philosophical writings and the work of literary critics. It includes a preface that surveys deconstruction's history since the 1980s and assesses its place in cultural theory.

Spis treści

Preface to New Edition.  Preface to First Edition Introduction  Chapter 1: Readers and Reading  1. New Fortunes  2. Reading as a Woman  3. Stories of Reading  Chapter 2: Deconstruction  1. Writing and Logocentrism  2. Meaning and Iterability  3. Grafts and Graft  4. Institutions and Inversions  5. Critical Consequences  Chapter 3: Deconstructive Criticism  Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Jonathan Culler is Professor of English at Cornell University, USA.