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	Podcast:		Literary Theory - Video
	Episode:		10 - Deconstruction I: Jacques Derrida
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:00:03
	Publish Date:		2009-10-27 14:34:26
	Description:		In this lecture on Derrida and the origins of deconstruction, Professor Paul Fry explores two central Derridian works: "Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences" and "Différance." Derrida's critique of structuralism and semiotics, particularly the work of Levi-Strauss and Saussure, is articulated. Deconstruction's central assertions that language is by nature arbitrary and that meaning is indeterminate are examined. Key concepts, such as the nature of the text, discourse, différance, and supplementarity are explored.
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