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What is post-structuralism?
What is post-structuralism?
- A movement that supports the self-sufficiency of structuralism and binary oppositions
- A literary and philosophical theory that rejects structuralism's self-sufficiency and binary oppositions (correct)
- A literary and philosophical theory that builds upon structuralism's ideas.
- A theory that emphasizes the importance of language structures in understanding human culture
Who are some of the writers whose works are often characterized as post-structuralist?
Who are some of the writers whose works are often characterized as post-structuralist?
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Jean-Paul Sartre
- William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Ernest Hemingway
- Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Jean Baudrillard (correct)
What does structuralism propose?
What does structuralism propose?
- Human culture can be understood by means of a structure that is modeled on language (correct)
- Human culture cannot be understood by means of a structure that is modeled on language
- Language is not important in understanding human culture
- Culture is not important in understanding human language
What does post-structuralism critique?
What does post-structuralism critique?
When did post-structuralism emerge as a movement?
When did post-structuralism emerge as a movement?
What is the metalanguage according to Barthes?
What is the metalanguage according to Barthes?
What did Derrida's lecture at Johns Hopkins propose?
What did Derrida's lecture at Johns Hopkins propose?
What was the period marked by the rebellion of students and workers against the state in May 1968?
What was the period marked by the rebellion of students and workers against the state in May 1968?
Has the rigour and legitimacy of the field been questioned by anyone?
Has the rigour and legitimacy of the field been questioned by anyone?
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What is Post-Structuralism?
What is Post-Structuralism?
Literary and philosophical theory rejecting structuralism's self-sufficiency and binary oppositions.
Key Post-Structuralist Writers
Key Post-Structuralist Writers
Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Jean Baudrillard.
Structuralism's Core Idea
Structuralism's Core Idea
Human culture can be understood through structures modeled on language.
Post-Structuralism's Critique
Post-Structuralism's Critique
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Post-Structuralism Emergence
Post-Structuralism Emergence
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Barthes' Metalanguage
Barthes' Metalanguage
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Derrida's Johns Hopkins Lecture
Derrida's Johns Hopkins Lecture
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May 1968
May 1968
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Criticism of Post-Structuralism
Criticism of Post-Structuralism
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Post-structuralism is a philosophical and literary theory that builds upon and rejects ideas established by structuralism, rejecting the self-sufficiency of structuralism and the binary oppositions that constitute its structures. Structuralism proposes that human culture can be understood by means of a structure that is modeled on language, while post-structuralism critiques this notion. Writers whose works are often characterised as post-structuralist include Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Jean Baudrillard. Post-structuralism emerged in France during the 1960s as a movement critiquing structuralism. The period was marked by the rebellion of students and workers against the state in May 1968. Barthes advanced the concept of the metalanguage, a systematized way of talking about concepts like meaning and grammar beyond the constraints of a traditional (first-order) language. Derrida's lecture at Johns Hopkins was one of the earliest to propose some theoretical limitations to Structuralism. Some observers from outside of the post-structuralist camp have questioned the rigour and legitimacy of the field.
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