notes —
[my notes for week three are appended]
Derrida wrote Dissemination (where Plato’s Pharmacy first appeared) in 1972, before anyone used the term “deconstruction.” As Lynn points out, this term has become a word without a referent. That doesn’t make it meaningless, but it ironically points to the lack of a stable “there” which words can [...]
I’d like to give my thoughts about the discussion we had in class today about authorial intent/reader interpretation.
I respect that any author has a right, or even a duty to imbue their work with meaning or intent; it is after all, their work. And as readers, we should take the author’s meaning into account when [...]
Here are some notes and slides from week 1 (zip file). You’re welcome to use them but they’re not required reading.
week1.zip