I didn't agree with about 95% of his philosophy, but I had a lot of respect for him. Anyone else familiar with his work?
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
His name comes up all the time in my Contemporary Autobiography class. He's one of the theorists we've read.
-Katarain
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Yes. He was influential in many fields.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Basically, (and this is very basically) he was the originator of decontructivism. The premise of his thought was that there are several meanings that can be taken from a piece of literature or art, and that they're not neccessarily those intended by the author.