Barthes
What year did Barthes die?
What is March 26, 1980.
Derrida coined this term, spelled with an “a,” to emphasize how meaning is always deferred and unstable.
What is différance?
the concept of a bilateral sign consisting of the signifier and the signified.
What is semiology?
What book did Barthes write that we've read a part of in class?
What is The Death of the Author
Deconstruction challenges these kinds of paired concepts, such as speech/writing or presence/absence.
What are binary oppositions?
A theory of saussure which states that each element (sign, etc) gains value from contrasting elements.
What is binary opposition?
What is, a myth uncovers a deeper meaning of something previously stated that was believed to be false.
Derrida described this as the Western philosophical tradition’s tendency to privilege speech over writing.
What is phonocentrism?
A principle saussure challenges that states each word corresponds to the thing that it names.
What is the referent?