Set 4: Central Ideas (Advanced)
Explanation
PASSAGE
The following text describes 'Deconstruction' in literary theory. Associated with Jacques Derrida, deconstruction is a method of critical analysis that asserts language is inherently unstable and ambiguous. It seeks to expose the internal contradictions and 'aporias' within a text, showing that a text often undermines its own stated logic. Deconstruction challenges binary oppositions (like speech/writing or presence/absence), arguing that one term is always privileged over the other, and attempts to dismantle this hierarchy.
What does deconstruction seek to reveal about a text?
Detailed Explanation
Choice C is correct. The text states it seeks to 'expose the internal contradictions' and asserts 'language is inherently unstable.'
Key Evidence:
• "expose the internal contradictions"
• "language is inherently unstable"
Why others are wrong: A (Opposite (Deconstruction denies unified meaning)), B (Historicism (not Deconstruction)), D (Not mentioned).