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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 43

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Theoretical Paradigms: Structuralism, Marxism, feminism, existentialism, poststructuralism, modernism, postmodernism, new historicism, postcolonialism, posthumanism · 1 mark · Multiple choice

The literary theory of Deconstruction argues that ________.

  1. texts are always heterogeneous
  2. the meaning of a text never relies on context
  3. any system for the production of meaning may be bound by context, yet also limitless
  4. texts are always rigid in meaning

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Correct answer: (C) any system for the production of meaning may be bound by context, yet also limitless

Explanation

For Derrida, meaning depends on context, but contexts cannot be closed off, so meaning is bound by context yet limitless.