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On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism after Structuralism

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In this article, the authors discuss readers and reading and deconstructive critical criticism. But their focus is on the reader and reading as a woman, and not on the critic.
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Preface to New Edition. Preface to First Edition Introduction Chapter 1: Readers and Reading 1. New Fortunes 2. Reading as a Woman 3. Stories of Reading Chapter 2: Deconstruction 1. Writing and Logocentrism 2. Meaning and Iterability 3. Grafts and Graft 4. Institutions and Inversions 5. Critical Consequences Chapter 3: Deconstructive Criticism Bibliography. Index

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Between the East and the West - Phenomenon of Tartar Literary Criticism in The Lingvo-Cultural Aspect

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the evolution of the Tatar literary critical thought in the context of evolution of Tatar culture amidst Western and Eastern philosophies and highlight bifurcation assembly points, i.e. contribution of certain authors of the early XX century (1906-1920) into the development of the literary critique as one of the branches of literary studies essential for the development the literary process as a whole.
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Interpreting methodology under erasure: Between Theory and Practice

TL;DR: The authors argue that the gap between theory and practice is a special case of a more extensive gap between description and experience, and propose three areas for further research: action research and deconstruction, metaphors and ethics, and computerised tools to help critical self-reflection.

The wounds of possibility : reading absence and silence in some contemporary Australian writing

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how different absences and silences operate in Australian writing and reading, and give readings of the absences at work in three seemingly disparate texts: the poetry of Francis Webb, the fiction of Brian Castro, and writing about Bringing them home.
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History and Literary History: The Case of Mass Culture

Richard Ohmann
- 01 Jan 1988 - 
TL;DR: The authors argue that a reader cannot adequately understand either without grasping its relation to the other and to the ensemble of historical forces that led to the events described in this article. But they do not discuss the relationship between the two texts.