Against deconstruction /
Ellis, John M. 1936-
Against deconstruction / John M. Ellis. - x, 168 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.
1. Analysis, logic, and argument in theoretical discussion -- 2. Deconstruction and the nature of language -- 3. Deconstruction and the theory and practice of criticism -- 4. What does it mean to say that all interpretation in misinterpretation? -- 5. Textuality, the play of signs, and the role of the reader -- 6. The logic of deconstruction -- 7. Conclusion : the meaning of deconstruction in the contemporary critical scene.
""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 nai;vet- 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"--Publisher description.
0691067546 9780691067544 0691014841 9780691014845
88014045
Deconstruction
Criticism
PN98.D43 / E45 1989
801.95
Against deconstruction / John M. Ellis. - x, 168 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.
1. Analysis, logic, and argument in theoretical discussion -- 2. Deconstruction and the nature of language -- 3. Deconstruction and the theory and practice of criticism -- 4. What does it mean to say that all interpretation in misinterpretation? -- 5. Textuality, the play of signs, and the role of the reader -- 6. The logic of deconstruction -- 7. Conclusion : the meaning of deconstruction in the contemporary critical scene.
""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 nai;vet- 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"--Publisher description.
0691067546 9780691067544 0691014841 9780691014845
88014045
Deconstruction
Criticism
PN98.D43 / E45 1989
801.95