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1、º11112JACQUESDERRIDA345111678910111112311145671118‘Excellent,strong,clearandoriginal’.JacquesDerrida.9‘Astrong,inventiveanddaringbookthatdoesmuchmorethanmostintroductionsare20111capableofevendreaming’.DianeElam,CardiffUniversity.1‘Readerscouldn’taskforamo
2、reauthoritativeandknowledgeableguide.Althoughthere2isnoplayingdownoftheimmensityoftheimplicationsofDerrida’swork,Royle’sdirectandoftenfunnymodeofaddresswillmakeitlessthreateningthanitcanoften3appeartobeginners’.DerekAttridge,UniversityofYork.4Inthisentert
3、ainingandprovocativeintroduction,Royleofferslucidexplanationsofvar-5iouskeyideas,includingdeconstruction,differanceandthedemocracytocome.Healso6givesattention,however,toarangeofperhapslessobvioustopics,suchasearthquakes,7animalsandanimality,ghosts,monstro
4、sity,thepoematic,drugs,gifts,secrets,warand8mourning.Derridaisseenasanextraordinarilyinventivethinker,aswellasabrilliantly9imaginativeandoftenveryfunnywriter.Othercriticalintroductionstendtohighlightthespecificallyphilosophicalnatureandgenealogyofhiswork.R
5、oyle’sbookproceeds30111inanewanddifferentway,inparticularbyfocusingonthecrucialbutstrangeplaceof1literatureinDerrida’swritings.Hethusprovidesanappreciationandunderstanding2basedondetailedreferencetoDerrida’stexts,interwovenwithclosereadingsofliter-3arywor
6、ks.Indoingso,heexploresDerrida’sconsistentviewthatdeconstructionisa4‘coming-to-termswithliterature’.Heemphasizesthewaysinwhich‘literature’,forDerrida,isindissociablyboundupwithotherconcerns,suchasphilosophyandpsycho-5analysis,politicsandethics,responsibil
7、ityandjustice,lawanddemocracy.67NicholasRoyleisProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofSussex.Hisbooksinclude8TelepathyandLiterature:EssaysontheReadingMind(1990),AfterDerrida(1995),The3911Uncanny(2003)and(withAndrewBennett)AnIntroductiontoLiterature,Criticisma
8、ndTheory(1999).HeisalsotheeditorofDeconstructions:AUser’sGuide(2000).ROUTLEDGECRITICALTHINKERSessentialguidesforliterarystudiesSeriesEditor:RobertEaglestone,RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondonRoutledgeCriticalThinkersi