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1. Deconstruction is a method of enquiry which asserts that all texts are full of contradictions which even the authors can not overcome in their attempts to deliver meaning. (14)
8. Difference does not tie meaning down to something fixed but destabilises it e.g. the word difference has two possible meanings: To differ – good not evil, cold because its not hot. (10)

2. This refers to the disintegration, collapse, or breakdown of norms of thought, behaviour, or social relationship. (13)
3. Derrida suggests no text can be interpreted in isolation. This implies that we should not take author's original intention as an absolute basis for understanding meaning. (7, 7)
4. term which is applied to literature, art, philosophy, architecture, fiction, and cultural and literary criticism, among others. Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective, efforts to explain reality. (13)
5. Refers to a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. (6)
6. a work of art that mixes styles, materials. e.g. rock music incorporating African and oriental motives. a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of techniques borrowed from one or more sources. e.g. rap song starting with c (8)
7. Believed in a rational, "scientific" understanding of the life-world. Criticised Postmodernism .Accuses postmodernism of generalising practices that occur within modern society. (6, 8)
9. Postmodernism is characterised by an eclectic approach. Eclectic = not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc., but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems. (8)

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