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Traditional literary criticism says an author wrote to say something, and what that is can, more-or-less, be determined. Deconstructionism is a somewhat more sophisticated version of the beginning student's suspicion "Literature means different things to different people, and therefore has no real meaning." To deconstructionists, the author's intention is irrelevant: the observable fact that different people do see different things interests them, and they explore the ambiguities in the work that allow different readings. So look at different interpretarions of HAMLET and what it is in the text that allows for them. Be aware, though, that the interest in deconstructionism peaked about a decade ago, and few people have much interest or faith in it anymore.Posted by Hamlet on March 23, 1997 at 12:03:50
In Reply to "Deconstructionist critics related to Hamlet" posted by Shannon on March 22, 1997 at 21:34:14
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