Of Grammatology (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jacques Derrida
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Language or languages, Literature, Communication, Linguistics or linguists, Writing, Symbolism
Form and Content
Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology is the seminal work of what has come to be called deconstructionist criticism. Essentially, deconstructionist critics reduce texts to their most fundamental elements in order to reach irreducible signs. The text as narrative in effect ceases to exist in order to privilege the signs it conveys; deconstructionists see this process as necessary violence which yields positive results. Consequently, there is no definitive text of any sort at any time, only a series of signs which can be reconstituted in an infinite...
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