This document provides an overview of Derrida's concept of deconstruction and post-structuralism. It discusses that deconstruction examines the relationship between text and meaning, and seeks to show that language and texts have unstable and complex meanings. Post-structuralism emerged in the 1950s as a critique of structuralism, rejecting its view of stable structures and interrogating its use of binary oppositions. The document provides examples of how deconstruction could analyze slogans and films in new ways by considering different perspectives. It concludes that deconstruction and post-structuralism are similar in challenging structuralism's concepts of language and meaning.

1. DERRIDA’S
DECONSTRUCTION
& POST –
STRUCTURALISM
Presented by :- Hitixa Goswami

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.

9. Conclusion
So, Deconstruction and
poststructuralism are similar.
Structuralism is Different from other and
Derrida’s concept is most of including all
narrative techniques.

10. Rafrence
■ http://dilipbarad.blogspot.com
■ https://www.hfph.de
■ http://mon.inc.in
■ “Studium & Weiterbildung.” Hochschule Für Philosophie München, 8 Jan. 2020, www.hfph.de/.