This document discusses Jacques Derrida and the concept of deconstruction. It notes that Derrida was an influential French philosopher best known for developing deconstruction. Deconstruction is a method of textual analysis that emphasizes exploring implicit assumptions and seeking meanings that run counter to intended interpretations. The document provides details on Derrida's works and influence, and gives an example of how T.P. Kailasam's play "The Purpose" employs deconstruction techniques to give a silenced character from the Mahabharata a voice.

1. Derrida and Deconstruction
 Name :- Rathod Nikita P.
 Roll no :- 23
 Enrollment no :- 2069108420190038
 Semester :- M. A. Semester-2
 Year :- 2018-2020
 Paper no :- 7 ( Literary Theory and criticism 2
(20th Century Western and Indian Poetics)
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 Submitted to :- S. B. Gardi Department Of
English, Maharaja KrishanKumarsinhji
Bhavanagar University.

2. About Derrida
 Jacques
Derrida was an
Algerian- born
French
philosopher best
known for
developing a
form of semiotic
analysis known

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Deconstruction, which he discussed in
numerous texts, and developed in the context of
Phenomenology .
 He is one of the major figures associated with
post- structuralism and postmodern
philosophy.
 During his career Derrida published more
than 40 books, together with hundreds of
essays and public presentations.
 He had a significant influence upon the
humanities and social sciences, including

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Philosophy, literature, law, anthropology,
historiography, applied linguistics,
sociolinguistics, psychoanalysis and political
theory.
 His works remains major academic influence
throughout the English speaking world and in
many other countries where “analytic
philosophy” is predominant, primarily
because of the analytic tendency to reduce
philosophical problems to linguistic problems.

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 Derrida’s influence is prominent particularly
in debates around ontology, epistemology,
ethics, aesthetics, hermeneutics, and the
philosophy of language.
 He also influenced architecture, music, art,
and art criticism.
 particularly in his later writings, Derrida
addressed ethical and political themes in his
work.
 Some critics consider Speech and Phenomena
(1967) to be his most important work.

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 Other cite Of Grammatology, writing and
Difference, and Margins of philosophy.
 These writings influenced various activists
and political movements.
 he became a well-known and influential
public figure, while his approach to philosophy
and the notorious abstruseness of his work
and made him controversial.

7. What is Deconstruction?
 A method of critical analysis of philosophical and
literary language which emphasizes the internal
workings of language and conceptual systems,
the relational quality of meaning, and the
assumptions implicit in forms of expression.
 Deconstruction is an approach to understanding
the relationship between text and meaning .
Derrida’s approach consisted of conducting
readings of texts with an ear to what runs
counter to the intended meaning or structural
unity of a particular text. The purpose of
Deconstruction is to show that the usage of

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Language as a whole, are irreducibly complex,
unstable , or impossible. Throughout his
readings, Derrida hoped to show deconstruction
at work.

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 Derrida’s original use of the word
“Deconstruction” was a translation of
Destruktion, a concept from the work of
Martin Heidegger that Derrida sought to apply
to textual reading. Heidegger's term referred
to a process of exploring the categories and
concepts that tradition has imposed on a
word, and the history behind them.

10. Some important points
 Derrida follows a long line of modern
philosophers, who look backwards to Plato
and his influence on the Western
metaphysical tradition. Like Nietzsche, Derrida
suspects Plato of dissimulation in the
education, through critical reflections, of a
citizens more strategically positioned to
influence the polis.
 However, like Nietzsche, Derrida is not
satisfied merely with such a political
interpretation of Plato, because of the

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particular dilemma modern humans find
themselves in.
 His platonic reflections are inseparably part of
his critique of modernity, hence the attempt
to be something beyond the modern, because
of this Nietzschian sense that the modern has
lost its way and become mired in nihilism.
 Although Derrida is concerned as much with
historical events as with language, the ideality
of written and verbal signs.

12. Deconstruction in T.P. Kailasam’s play
“The Purpose”
• In T.P.kailasam’s play “The purpose” Eklvaya is
a hero and central
character of the
play.
 But in Mahabharata
Eklvaya is a minor
character because he is
Nishadha boy.

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 Arjuna is hero in the Mahabharata .
 In Mahabharata
Eklavay’s
character is
silent.
 His character is
completely
Voiceless. But here
Eklavay’s character
is completely
different.

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 Here T.P. kaialasm gives voice to Eklavya’s
character.
 And also argues with Guru Dronacharya and
also asks many questions.
 So here Eklavay get voice to speak.

15. conclusion
 In Deconstruction reading between the lines
is important and what is not there is
important for Deconstruction.
In Deconstruction in language, another
meaning is hidden. That’s why in
Deconstruction break the old meaning and
finds a hidden meaning in language . And
gives new meaning. In Deconstruction reading
against text is very important. That’s why new
meaning emerges from the language. That’s
why reading against text is very important.
Sometimes in language more metaphors are
used.

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 That’s why we sometimes drawn in wrong
way because of more metaphor.
 That’s why Deconstruction helps to breaks
this metaphors and finds a real and hidden
meaning behind this metaphors.