Derrida’s DifferAnce theory

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1. Derrid’s DifferAnce theory Name :- Kishan Jadav Semester :- 3 Class :- M.A Part 2 Paper-20 4 : Criticism RollNo :-10 Email Id :- [email protected] Submitted :- SMT S.B.Gardi Department of English MKBU

2. About Author Jacques Derrida, (born July 15, 1930, El Biar, Algeria—died October 8, 2004, Paris, France), French philosopher whose critique of Western philosophy and analyses of the nature of language, writing, and meaning were highly controversial yet immensely influential in much of the intellectual world in the late 20th century.

3. His Work : Speech and Phenomena (1967) to be his most important work. Grammatology (1967) Writing and Difference (1967) Margins of Philosophy (1972) Notable ideas: Deconstruction; différance; phallogocentrism; free play;

4. What is DifferAnce ? French term. coined by Jacques Derrida French word différer means both "to defer" and "to differ.” 1963 paper "Cogito et histoire de la folie". the senses via sound,

5. Definition of DeferAnce The endless deferral of any ultimate meaning in a word or sentence, owing to the necessity of recourse to a potentially infinite series of other, equally uncertain words or signs. a pun on “difference” and “deferment” that attribute of language. a signifying system. that attribute of language free play of meanings, one signifier leads to a signified,

6. What is Signifier and Signified Ferdinand de Saussure as the father of semiotics. In his lectures to his students at University of Geneva between 1906 to 1911, Ferdinand de Saussure theorized that signs are (1) a signifier (i.e., a word or symbol) and (2) a signified (i.e., an underlying meaning associated with the signifier.

7. Sign = Signifier -signified Nothing is fixed

8. Derrida concept of DeferAnce One word leads to another word and word leads to yet another... and finally we never come out of the dictionary. Meaning is always postponed House 🏠 My House , dog House, White house Lion,🐅 >Powerful >King(Soldier, Prime minister) >Crown >Nation

9. Countie…. You can never pronounce (speak) it differently. You can only spell (write) it differently Differene is not an idea or a concept but a force which makes differentiation possible, which makes postponing possibie. It is both negative and positive. At the same time, differAnce is neither positive nor negative Differene is not an idea or a concept but a force which makes differentiation possible, which makes postponing possibie

10. Work Citation Ellis, Jessica, et al. “What Is Differance? .” What Is Differance? (with Picture), https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-differance.htm . Willette, Jeanne. “Jacques Derrida and ‘Différance.’” Art History Unstuffed, https://arthistoryunstuffed.com/jacques-derrida-differance/ .