Structure, Play and Interpretation – a Contribution to the History of the Concept of “French Theory”

Authors

  • David Šporer

Keywords:

structuralism, post-structuralism, critique of metaphysics, reception, postmodern literary theory

Abstract

Confrontation of the fundamental models of interpretation in Jacques Derrida’s early works is analysed as the pivotal point for future construction of the “postmodern literary theory”. By the same token this points, just as French authors do with the term “French Theory,” to the concept’s inextricable ties with French mediation of the European tradition in humanities within the framework of the reception of structuralism in the US.

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Šporer, D. (2020) “Structure, Play and Interpretation – a Contribution to the History of the Concept of ‘French Theory’”, Slavistična revija, 68(4), pp. 603–616. Available at: https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/3886 (Accessed: 30 June 2024).

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