Post Structuralism

The document discusses several key concepts from post-structuralism and how they relate to writers, readers, and meaning. It argues that 1) writers are constituted by their texts and the social meanings embedded within language, rather than being original owners of meaning, 2) readers are active interpreters of texts rather than passive receivers of meaning from an author, and 3) meaning is unstable, deferred, and arises from the differences between signs rather than being directly present or fully contained within any single sign.