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poststructuralism: see deconstruction deconstruction, in linguistics, philosophy, and literary theory, the exposure and undermining of the metaphysical assumptions involved in systematic attempts to ground knowledge, especially in academic disciplines such as structuralism and semiotics . ..... Click the link for more information. . poststructuralismMovement in literary criticism and philosophy begun in France in the late 1960s. Drawing upon the linguistic theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, the anthropology of Claude Lévi-Strauss (see structuralism), and the deconstructionist theories of Jacques Derrida (see deconstruction), it held that language is not a transparent medium that connects one directly with a “truth” or “reality” outside it but rather a structure or code, whose parts derive their meaning from their contrast with one another and not from any connection with an outside world. Writers associated with the movement include Roland Barthes, Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, and Michel Foucault. |
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The influence of poststructuralism and deconstruction on U. The study employed a qualitative research paradigm and drew upon three major theoretical frameworks: poststructuralism, critical discourse theory and feminism. [that] include the traditions associated with foundationalism, positivism, postfoundationalism, postpostivism, poststructuralism, and the many qualitative research perspectives, and/or methods, connected to cultural and interpretive studies" (p. |
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