Fiction and Repetition is and will remain a distinguished deconstructionist guide of literary criticism. However, after detailed and systematic research, I also find some shortcomings in this important academic work: ...Fiction and Repetition is and will remain a distinguished deconstructionist guide of literary criticism. However, after detailed and systematic research, I also find some shortcomings in this important academic work: Firstly, written in the metaphysical language, Fiction and Repetition can never succeed in escaping the logocentrism and binary opposition inherent in this language.Secondly, based on Saussure's argument on langue, the monograph's view of indeterminacy of literary work's meaning is theoretically correct but practically inadequate. Last but not the least, Miller's proposal on repetition also has some limitations. By taking into account both the work's merits and demerits, we can gain a more comprehensive outlook on Miller's idea of repetition as well as the deconstruction theory of literary criticism in general.展开更多
Died just last January,J.D.Salinger is an American writer widely beloved,mostly by adolescent readers.While his most famous novel,The Catcher in the Rye,was controversial at first when publicized,his other work Franny...Died just last January,J.D.Salinger is an American writer widely beloved,mostly by adolescent readers.While his most famous novel,The Catcher in the Rye,was controversial at first when publicized,his other work Franny and Zooey is controversial even till today.While some people regard it as a true gem,others think it's only a stinker.I will,in this article,bring its theme out of surface by citing extracts and analysizing them and give the reasons why I consider it a masterpiece.展开更多
文摘Fiction and Repetition is and will remain a distinguished deconstructionist guide of literary criticism. However, after detailed and systematic research, I also find some shortcomings in this important academic work: Firstly, written in the metaphysical language, Fiction and Repetition can never succeed in escaping the logocentrism and binary opposition inherent in this language.Secondly, based on Saussure's argument on langue, the monograph's view of indeterminacy of literary work's meaning is theoretically correct but practically inadequate. Last but not the least, Miller's proposal on repetition also has some limitations. By taking into account both the work's merits and demerits, we can gain a more comprehensive outlook on Miller's idea of repetition as well as the deconstruction theory of literary criticism in general.
文摘Died just last January,J.D.Salinger is an American writer widely beloved,mostly by adolescent readers.While his most famous novel,The Catcher in the Rye,was controversial at first when publicized,his other work Franny and Zooey is controversial even till today.While some people regard it as a true gem,others think it's only a stinker.I will,in this article,bring its theme out of surface by citing extracts and analysizing them and give the reasons why I consider it a masterpiece.
