Deconstruction Literary Theory | Jennifer Hedgecock | TEDxSaddlebackCollege 

probably the best explanation of Deconstruction I have found on the internet.

What a great talk and a wonderful book to use as an example of desconstrution theory.

I love your way of teaching mam

Good class. Simplest way of explaining the most complex theory.

This lecture helps me a lot.

fortunate to have found such a clear explanation of deconstruction.

Brilliant professor

With condolences to her students, the title of Dr. Hedgecock's talk should not be "Deconstruction Literary Theory" but "A Summary, Interpretation, and Life Lessons in Toni Morrison's Sula." Derrida did NOT say that language had "ABSOLUTELY no meaning." He argued that there is no meaning OUTSIDE OF THE TEXT. Listing dictionary definitions on stage is miles from Derrida. Dr. Hedgecock is still operating within the hermeneutical frame in that she is offering explanation/interpretation; she is using her (mis)understanding of deconstruction to offer an interpretation of some aspect of Morrison's book before turning back to Deconstruction, but here she replaces the idea and method of deconstruction to something she calls "Demystification." (This is where she really leave the trail that she was never on in the first place. Personally, I think she substituted "demystification" for "deconstruction" because she knew that she was well outside of her knowledge base when talking about the subject.) She then uses this personal idea to create a call to action (we should all do X more than Y). This is not Derridean at all. Derrida called hermeneutics (philosophies of meaning) into question. To be fair, maybe Dr. Hedgecock's talk had nothing to do with Derrida. Perhaps her mention of deconstruction was just a set up for her reading of Sula, but some ambitious uploader got all excited by the mention of Derrida. Hence, the title above. I am far from an expert on Derrida, but I do know that if you are watching this to learn more about deconstruction, you are doing yourself a big disservice. But I'll plug Dr. Victor Gijsbers work on the University of Leiden's RU-vid channel. Start with Chapter 4.1, The Hermeneutic Circle, and work up to Derrida.

She is a great orator

She was the best professor I’ve ever had.

we were all proud of you when we watched your talk, thank you for all the knowledged you passed down to us.

1:35 Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist

Nice and rythmic explanation

An outstanding Prof.

She is one of the brightest humans I have ever known. And I have know her a LONG time...

Literature on the subjects please! Excelent video

how can i have teacher like you maam?

I've always felt I half understood these literary theories until I saw your video. Well done professor!

Yet how this applicable or useful for anything? Anyone can argue for a different interpretation of absolutely anything and anything goes. No objective truth can't be established for anyone aor anything, and instead, anyone is justified in saying and doing anything to you, and you're going to have to refrain from assuming intent and be okay with it. That is, if you truly believe that there is no 'true' meaning to begin with LOL

Her definition is wrong - this is terrible - Deconstruction has been misused as a word now for years and years - Simply -Deconstruction is looking at a text in a close reading and seeing where the content contradicts the intended meaning of said text - the text literally Deconstructs itself. "again- it is to take something apart and to understand internally how it actually works and how it operates and you can only understand that when you examine each component and begin to carefully put it back together". Nope. Derrida himself called this misunderstanding of his work "reconstruction" not Deconstruction. "...begin to carefully put it back together." - Derrida would cringe hearing this.

If you're seeing this Mr. Schauer. hello. I watched it

Sula or decnstruction 😇

I feel depressed. First time with a TedTalk.

Lovely lecture but it has nothing whatsoever to do with (or meaningfully say about) Derrida or deconstruction.

It is not a literary theory. It is an anti-theoretical feature of knowldege.

this sucks

Brilliant professor