1. What do deconstructionists believe about meaning in a text?
The concept of deconstructionism was brought up by a French philosopher, Jacque Derrida.
Deconstructionists believe that words in a sentence either relate or contradict each other. To look at this more closely, deconstructionists break down and examine texts for paradoxes, contradiction, and relativity. These are ways some of the ways deconstructionists interpret texts to find their literal or theoretical meaning. As an example, we can take the word apple and it could mean, apple the fruit, apple the company (Apple), apple as in the Big Apple (NYC) or apple a poison (Snow White).
2. What is the accepted, or obvious, view of this novel, which might well be “deconstructed”?
Heart of Darkness, a novel that exposes the darkness of humanity The accepted or obvious view of this novel is when Marlow brings in Kurtz into the boat and it talked about “brown current”, which water, obviously is clean and clear, not brown. This brown current represents uncleanliness. Another is when Marlow stated that the railway car resembles "the carcass of some animal. …show more content…
What are binary oppositions and how are they important to deconstruction?
Binary opposition, pair of related terms or concepts that have opposite meanings. For example: life/death, human/animal. It is vital to deconstruction because binary oppositions needs to be broken down and analyzed and critiqued.
4. Explain how one term in a binary opposition can be considered privileged.
One term in a binary opposition can be considered privileged because a term can dominate the other in literary meaning. The second term’s value decreases.
5. What does a deconstructionist look for when reading a text?
When reading a text, deconstructionists typically look for concepts that are deemphasized, overlooked, or suppressed. They also examine what is “said or
The concept of deconstructionism was brought up by a French philosopher, Jacque Derrida.
Deconstructionists believe that words in a sentence either relate or contradict each other. To look at this more closely, deconstructionists break down and examine texts for paradoxes, contradiction, and relativity. These are ways some of the ways deconstructionists interpret texts to find their literal or theoretical meaning. As an example, we can take the word apple and it could mean, apple the fruit, apple the company (Apple), apple as in the Big Apple (NYC) or apple a poison (Snow White).
2. What is the accepted, or obvious, view of this novel, which might well be “deconstructed”?
Heart of Darkness, a novel that exposes the darkness of humanity The accepted or obvious view of this novel is when Marlow brings in Kurtz into the boat and it talked about “brown current”, which water, obviously is clean and clear, not brown. This brown current represents uncleanliness. Another is when Marlow stated that the railway car resembles "the carcass of some animal. …show more content…
What are binary oppositions and how are they important to deconstruction?
Binary opposition, pair of related terms or concepts that have opposite meanings. For example: life/death, human/animal. It is vital to deconstruction because binary oppositions needs to be broken down and analyzed and critiqued.
4. Explain how one term in a binary opposition can be considered privileged.
One term in a binary opposition can be considered privileged because a term can dominate the other in literary meaning. The second term’s value decreases.
5. What does a deconstructionist look for when reading a text?
When reading a text, deconstructionists typically look for concepts that are deemphasized, overlooked, or suppressed. They also examine what is “said or