Thinking Activity : Derrida and Deconstruction

    Hello friends,

I am Bhavna Sosa, student of English Department, MK Bhavnagar University.  This thinking Activity on Derrida and Deconstruction this  task given by Dr.Dilip Barad sir.

Derrida and Deconstruction :-

 Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) was the founder of “deconstruction,” a way of criticizing not only both literary and philosophical texts but also political institutions. Although Derrida at times expressed regret concerning the fate of the word “deconstruction,” its popularity indicates the wide-ranging influence of his thought, in philosophy, in literary criticism and theory, in art and, in particular, architectural theory, and in political theory. Indeed, Derrida’s fame nearly reached the status of a media star, with hundreds of people filling auditoriums to hear him speak, with films and televisions programs devoted to him, with countless books and articles devoted to his thinking. Beside critique, Derridean deconstruction consists in an attempt to re-conceive the difference that divides self-consciousness (the difference of the “of” in consciousness of oneself). But even more than the re-conception of difference, and perhaps more importantly, deconstruction attempts to render justice. Indeed, deconstruction is relentless in this pursuit since justice is impossible to achieve.

What is Deconstruction?

Deconstruction, a form of philosophical and literary analysis, derived mainly from work begun in the 1960s by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, that questions the fundamental conceptual distinctions, or “oppositions,” in Western philosophy through a close examination of the language and logic of philosophical and literary texts.

Derrida’s theory of deconstruction is never about breaking the foundation but it’s all about inquiring into the foundation. 

Deconstruction is a reaction against Structuralism. Structuralists strongly believed that everything has some kind of similar structure which is fixed and absolute. But Post-Structuralist neglected the idea of Structuralism and said There is nothing like Constant everything is changing.

Read a poem or an ad and TV Serial or film or any literary text as  post-structuralist critic. Be brief, precise and to the point.

We can find examples of Deconstruction in many films, texts, advertisements etc. Here I want to give one example from a one movie 3 Idiots.

Here we can see that in this movie hero is Aamir Khan but if we can try to deconstruct his role then we thought that without learnt how can possible to come in first rank position in study. When we see this movie whole focus on student career but director could not able to show learning process.