ENGL 2005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jacques Derrida, Post-Structuralism, Aestheticism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 2005
• Professor: Jody Mason

Document Summary

Concept of post structuralism is multiplicity: post modernism and post structuralism. Post modernism refers more to an aesthetic movement and less to an intellectual philosophy. Post structuralism is the larger intellectual philosophical container which contains post modernism. Similarity: relationship between the signifier and signified are arbitrary. Difference: structuralism (stable relationship) vs post structuralism (if meaning is dependent on differe(cid:374)(cid:272)e, it(cid:859)s (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g is deferred a(cid:374)d (cid:272)reates a radical uncertainty of meaning) Structuralism: te(cid:454)t a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ultural pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)tai(cid:374) a (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g that (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e to fi(cid:374)d as a(cid:374) essence. Post-stru(cid:272)turalis(cid:373): thi(cid:374)gs do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e their (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the(cid:373) as a(cid:374) esse(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Meaning is radically liberating (never fully reined i(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) the sig(cid:374)ifier, (cid:374)e(cid:448)er i(cid:374) speaker/(cid:449)riter(cid:859)s control) Basi(cid:272) assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374): (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e little (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol o(cid:448)er (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:894)(cid:448)s aussure(cid:859)s (cid:272)ertai(cid:374)t(cid:455) of (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g through differencing networks) Potentially endless play of the signifier; (cid:858)free play(cid:859) of the signifier. Mea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g is(cid:374)(cid:859)t full(cid:455) prese(cid:374)t (cid:894)i(cid:374) itself(cid:895) i(cid:374) the sig(cid:374); its deffered (always relying on something else outside of itself)