Derrida developed the technique of deconstruction to closely analyze texts. Deconstruction aims to uncover the underlying assumptions and conceptual frameworks that shape our understanding. In his work "Structure, Sign and Play", Derrida analyzed the concepts of structure, sign, and play. He argued that meaning is never fully present but always deferred. Derrida was influenced by Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger. He explored Nietzsche's famous statement "God is dead" and the implications of the death of God for our understanding of place and power.

1. Topic: Deconstruction by Derrida.
• Name: Sonal Baraiya
• Class: M.A.Sem-2
• Roll No.: 26
• Subject: 7- Literary Theory and Criticism.
• Submitted to: Smt.S.B. Gardi,
Department of English,
M.K.Bhavnagar University.

2. Jacques Derrida
• Derrida is a French
Philosopher.
• He is born in Algiers in
1930.
• He is perhaps best
known for developing
the analytical technique
of ‘‘Deconstruction’’.

3. What is Deconstruction?
• ‘‘A close and critical reading of
a written text to uncover the
wags of thinking that
constrain our impressions or
conceptualization of the
world.’’

4. Derrida and Differance.
• ‘‘Structure, sign and play in the Discourse of the
Human Sciences.’’ (1968)
• Structure: Classic concept
Derrida calls a ‘‘Contradictory coherence’’.
There is never a centre without a margin.
• Sign: It is a metaphysical concept.
Meaning is arbitrary.
Meaning is never present in the sign, it is always
postponed.
• Play: ‘‘If the sun can stand for the truth of reason then
where does the play of possible substitutions end?’’

5. •He was highly
influenced by
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Sigmund Freud and
Martin Heidegger.

6. ‘‘The God is Dead.’’
Friedrich Nietzsche
‘‘The God is dead.
God remains dead.
And we have killed Him.’’

7. ‘‘The God is Dead.’’
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche is dead.
-God

8. The Place of God.
• I go to the temple and ask the priest,
‘‘Take me to God’’.
The priest smiles and nods his head
‘‘No here is no God’’.
I go to a hill and meet a monk, and hope if he tells me the
place of God. But the monk says,
‘‘I am too in search of God.’’
I ask myself,
‘‘Where is the God?’’
I hear someone is speaking in me,
‘‘Here is the God.’’

9. • Michel Foucault and power/ knowledge
• Gayatri Spivak and the Subaltern
Thank You.