In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

Charles Simic
In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics...
In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics...
In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics...
In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics...
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Deconstruction is the art of dismantling the built world in order to discover what is underneath. This act challenges accepted definitions of language and experience. It also challenges the status quo, encouraging people to think for themselves, even when it means discovering that their understanding of life is wrong. Deconstructionists are unafraid to challenge the status quo in order to learn more about what life can be.

Source: The Unemployed Fortuneteller: Essays And Memoirs

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