There's Nowhere to Hide - Everything is Text

      To be honest, I'm still trying to fully comprehend Deconstructionist/Poststructuralist Theory. I find it fascinating how this criticism observes all the possibilities of language and 'reality', making everything so multi-faceted and intriguing (in a very, very complex way). Derrida's quote, "For that future world and for that within it which will have put into question the values of sign, word, and writing, for that which guides our future anterior," reminds me of the diagram we made during class - and how it seems to summarize the deconstructionists' agenda as they sift through a work of literature, trying to determine the value of the symbols/language used and the barrier (or non-barrier) between the written text and the text that is reality.
      A relevant question we brought up last time was the importance/relevancy of Deconstructionist theory. So, how valuable is Deconstructionism? What does it bring to the text, and how does it interact with the individual? And lastly, at this point in the semester, how are we seeing all the different theories interact with and counteract each other?

The film "The Maltese Falcon" seemed like a pertinent example with this theory.

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