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Deconstruction

Deconstruction. Deconstruction as a method of analysis Naive construction. Assert:. Existence of a dichotomy: literature vs. non-literature [difference] Hierarchy: Literature / non-literature [value] Mutual constitution of hierarchy & dichotomy. Use examples to support case.

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Deconstruction

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  1. Deconstruction • Deconstruction as a method of analysis • Naive construction

  2. Assert: • Existence of a dichotomy: literature vs. non-literature [difference] • Hierarchy: Literature / non-literature [value] • Mutual constitution of hierarchy & dichotomy

  3. Use examples to support case • Example: Moby Dick is "literature" because it portrays great human themes; it's "great" because it's literature • Show how each example subverts either the hierarchy or the dichotomy

  4. Conclude: • If the dichotomy holds, the hierarchy doesn't

  5. In Moby Dick, the great themes are portrayed through exposition as much as through narrative; it's not as great as it seems; many great works are not literature; much of literature is not great

  6. Thus, rather than showing that difference produces value, the text assumes value as a way to deduce difference • Therefore, the text deconstructs => the argument deconstructs

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