a mode of literary criticism derived from that revises and develops the theories of structuralism, that centres on revolving around the notion that there is no absolute meaning in language and therefore there are an indeterminate number of possible interpretations of any text are possible
Post-structuralism challenges the binary oppositions characteristic of structuralism, emphasizing difference instead, while retaining the view that surfaces mask unrecognized meanings, motives, and processes which are decisive for culture and, indeed, individual identity. Its most influential practitioners have been Jacques Lacan in psychoanalysis, Roland Barthes in literary criticism, and Jacques Derrida in philosophy — Professor Catherine Belsey
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