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deconstruction

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Philosophy, Literature
de·con·struc·tion /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃən/ noun [uncountable]  RPALa method used in philosophy and the criticism of literature which claims that there is no single explanation of the meaning of a piece of writing 解构〔认为文章不仅仅有一种解释的哲学和文学评论方法〕deconstruct /-ˈstrʌkt/ verb [transitive]
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deconstructionA deconstruction of the Twinkie might go something like this: First, there is a certain unabashed nakedness about them.Imagine that you are writing an essay, and want to refer to what Norris says about deconstruction.In fact, he suggests that speech act theory and deconstruction complement, rather than contradict, each other.A more contemporary comparison might be deconstruction, which tries to subvert the text by turning its own unacknowledged premises against it.Michael Ryan has looked for a rapprochement between deconstruction and Marxism.Similarly, structural analysis is replaced by deconstruction which also questions its objects rather than reflecting them.In literary theory they emerge as Marxism, phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, poststructuralism, deconstruction.
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deconstruction
deconstruction /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃən/ noun [uncountable]
a method used in philosophy and the criticism of literature which claims that there is no single explanation of the meaning of a piece of writing
—deconstruct /-ˈstrʌkt/ verb [transitive]


de·con·struc·tionBrE /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (specialist) (in literature and philosophy 文学和哲学) a theory that states that it is impossible for a text to have one fixed meaning, and emphasizes the role of the reader in the production of meaning 解构理论(文本不可能只有一个固定含义,强调读者在意义发生过程中的作用)   compare structuralism de·con·struc·tion·ist BrE /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃnɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃnɪst/ 🔊 noun, adjectivea deconstructionist critic/approach解构主义评论家/方法