2. Derrida’s deconstruction & Post
structuralism
■ Presented by :- Hitixa Goswami
■ Class :- M. A. Sem 2
■ Paper :- literaryTheory and criticism – 2
■ Beach :- 2019-21
■ Topic:- Derrida’s deconstruction & post structuralism
■ Submitted to :- S.B.GARDI Department of English
Bhavnagar University
■ Email :- hitixagoswami28@gamil
3. About the Jaques Derrida
■ Born :- 15 July 1930
■ Daid :- 9 October 2004
■ Jacques Derrida is the father of
Deconstruction.
■ Darrida was an Algerian born French
philoshopher
■ He is one of the major figures associated
with post – structuralism and post modern
philosophy.
■ Best known for developing a form of
semiotic analysis.
4. What is Deconstruction
– Derrida says that Deconstruction is an
approach to understanding the
Relationship between text and Meaning.
– Deconstruction is one of the several
doctrines in contemporary philosophy
often loosely held under the under the
umbrella term post structuralism and post
– mordenism.
– Derrida says, Deconstruction is a world
whose fortunes have disagreement
surprised me.
5. Continue…
■ Derrida’s disclaimers present a major obstacle to any
attempt, to encapsulate his thoughts, he tells that
Deconstruction is neither an analytical nor a critical
tool, neither a method, nor a opretion, nor an act
perform on text by a subject.
■ The purpose of Deconstruction is to show that the
usage of language in a given text, and language as a
whole, are irreducibly complex, unstable, or
impossible.
6. Post – structuralism
■ Post structuralism denotes a way of theorizing
that emerged around the 1950, predominantly in
France among otherwise extremely diverse
intellectuals.
■ Post structuralist authors all present different
critiqes of structuralism, but common themes
include the rejection of the self-sufficient of
structuralism, and an interrogation of the binary
oppositions that constitute its structures.
7. Example
■ Here one banner on ‘Beti Bachao’ by one of
state government of India to save Girl from
crime of Foeticide.
■ General meaning of this slogan is give birth to
the girl child and give equality but now a days in
India Rape cases are happening very much.
■ This is deconstructed because Darrida says that
‘ you should read any event or text with
another perspective’.
8. Example ‘ Article 15’
■ The film is based on article 15 of the
Indian Constitution on grounds of
religion, race, cast, sex, or place of birth.
■ While not based on one specific event.
■ The film is inspired by multiple true life
events including 2014 badaun gang rape
allegations and 2016 flogging incident.
