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Literary theory

a way of reading that shows how a text's binary oppositions and claims to fixed meaning are unsettled by its own language.

In literary theory, deconstruction refers to a way of reading that shows how a text's binary oppositions and claims to fixed meaning are unsettled by its own language. This meaning comes from Derrida (1967/1976) in Of grammatology.[1]

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  1. Derrida, J. (1976). Of grammatology (G. C. Spivak, Trans.). Johns Hopkins University Press. (Original work published 1967) ISBN 9780801818790

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