Unit 5: Deconstrution and Literary Studies

5.0     Objectives

5.1      The Problem of Defining Deconstruction

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5.2     Background to Deconstruction

        5.2.1    Derrida and Heidegger

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        5.2.2    Derrida and Ferdinand de Saussure

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5.3     Difference

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5.4     Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human                   Sciences

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5.5      The Yale School of Deconstruction

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5.6      The Influence of Deconstruction

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5.7      An Attempt to Summarize

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5.8      Reading List

5.9      Glossary

5.10     Feedback of Learners on Unit 5