As a school of thought, the Yale School is more closely allied with the post-structuralist dimensions of deconstruction as opposed to its phenomenological dimensions. Additionally, the Yale School is philosophically affined to the 1970s version of deconstruction that John D. Caputo has described as a "Nietzschean free play of signifiers" and not the 1990s version of deconstruction that was far more concerned with political and ethical questions.[1][2]
Originsedit
During the period between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, Yale University was the home of a variety of thinkers who were indebted to deconstruction. The group included high-profile literary scholars such as Shoshana Felman, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller, and Harold Bloom. This group came to be known as the Yale School and was especially influential in literary criticism because de Man, Miller, Hartman and Bloom are all considered to be prominent literary critics. The four critics listed above, along with Derrida, contributed to an influential anthology, Deconstruction and Criticism. However, Harold Bloom's position was always somewhat different from that of the rest of the group, and he later distanced himself from deconstruction.
Book summariesedit
Deconstruction and Criticism (1979)edit
In his introduction to Deconstruction and Criticism, Hartman draws a distinction between Derrida, Miller, and de Man on the one hand, and himself and Bloom on the other. The former category he refers to as "boa-deconstructors"[3] who pursue deconstruction to its utmost conclusions and who are more philosophically rigorous in their writings.
Hartman claims that both himself and Bloom are "barely deconstructionists" and that they "even write against it on occasion."[4] Hartman claims that his writing style in particular is more reliant on the traditional role of pathos as a fundamental impetus for literary language. In contrast, deconstruction as advocated by Derrida seeks to reveal that the very notion of pathos is caught up in the rhetorical play which is endemic to language.
Selected readingsedit
(1973) “Speech and Phenomena” and Other Essays on Husserl’s Theory of Signs, Jacques Derrida
After teaching at Yale from 1972 to 1986, J. Hillis Miller left for the University of California, Irvine, where he is today Distinguished Research Professor of English and Comparative Literature.
Shortly after J. Hillis Miller's arrival at UC Irvine in 1986, Derrida himself became Professor of the Humanities at UCI. Derrida remained at UCI until 2003, one year before his death. Until his death, Derrida had slowly been turning over lecture manuscripts, journals and other materials to UCI's special collections library under an agreement he signed in 1990. After Derrida's death, his widow and sons said they wanted copies of UCI's archives shared with the Institute of Contemporary Publishing Archives in France. The university had sued in an attempt to get manuscripts and correspondence from Derrida's widow and children that it believed the philosopher had promised to UC Irvine's collection, although the suit was dropped in 2007.[5]
The Irvine Langson Library Special Collections also houses the Paul de Man Papers, a collection of personal and professional papers documenting de Man's work in comparative literature.
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For other uses see Yale disambiguation The Yale school is a colloquial name for an influential group of literary critics theorists and philosophers of literature that were influenced by Jacques Derrida s philosophy of deconstruction Many of the theorists were affiliated with Yale University in the late 1970s although a number of the theorists including Derrida himself subsequently moved to or became affiliated with the University of California Irvine Contents 1 Relationship to deconstruction 2 Origins 3 Book summaries 3 1 Deconstruction and Criticism 1979 4 Selected readings 5 Move to Irvine 6 See also 7 ReferencesRelationship to deconstruction editAs a school of thought the Yale School is more closely allied with the post structuralist dimensions of deconstruction as opposed to its phenomenological dimensions Additionally the Yale School is philosophically affined to the 1970s version of deconstruction that John D Caputo has described as a Nietzschean free play of signifiers and not the 1990s version of deconstruction that was far more concerned with political and ethical questions 1 2 Origins editDuring the period between the late 1960s and the early 1980s Yale University was the home of a variety of thinkers who were indebted to deconstruction The group included high profile literary scholars such as Shoshana Felman Paul de Man Geoffrey Hartman J Hillis Miller and Harold Bloom This group came to be known as the Yale School and was especially influential in literary criticism because de Man Miller Hartman and Bloom are all considered to be prominent literary critics The four critics listed above along with Derrida contributed to an influential anthology Deconstruction and Criticism However Harold Bloom s position was always somewhat different from that of the rest of the group and he later distanced himself from deconstruction Book summaries editDeconstruction and Criticism 1979 edit In his introduction to Deconstruction and Criticism Hartman draws a distinction between Derrida Miller and de Man on the one hand and himself and Bloom on the other The former category he refers to as boa deconstructors 3 who pursue deconstruction to its utmost conclusions and who are more philosophically rigorous in their writings Hartman claims that both himself and Bloom are barely deconstructionists and that they even write against it on occasion 4 Hartman claims that his writing style in particular is more reliant on the traditional role of pathos as a fundamental impetus for literary language In contrast deconstruction as advocated by Derrida seeks to reveal that the very notion of pathos is caught up in the rhetorical play which is endemic to language Selected readings edit 1973 Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl s Theory of Signs Jacques Derrida 1976 Of Grammatology Jacques Derrida 1978 Writing and Difference Jacques Derrida 1979 Deconstruction and Criticism 1981 Dissemination Jacques Derrida 1981 Positions Jacques Derrida 1982 Allegories of Reading Figural Language in Rousseau Nietzsche Rilke and Proust Paul de Man 1983 On Deconstruction Theory and Criticism after Structuralism Jonathan Culler 1983 The Yale Critics Deconstruction in America Jonathan Arac Wlad Godzich Wallace Martin editors 1985 Rhetoric and Form Deconstruction at Yale Robert Con Davis and Ronald Schleifer editors 1989 Memoires for Paul de Man Jacques Derrida 1992 Acts of Literature Jacques Derrida 1994 The Wake of Deconstruction Barbara JohnsonMove to Irvine editAfter teaching at Yale from 1972 to 1986 J Hillis Miller left for the University of California Irvine where he is today Distinguished Research Professor of English and Comparative Literature Shortly after J Hillis Miller s arrival at UC Irvine in 1986 Derrida himself became Professor of the Humanities at UCI Derrida remained at UCI until 2003 one year before his death Until his death Derrida had slowly been turning over lecture manuscripts journals and other materials to UCI s special collections library under an agreement he signed in 1990 After Derrida s death his widow and sons said they wanted copies of UCI s archives shared with the Institute of Contemporary Publishing Archives in France The university had sued in an attempt to get manuscripts and correspondence from Derrida s widow and children that it believed the philosopher had promised to UC Irvine s collection although the suit was dropped in 2007 5 The Irvine Langson Library Special Collections also houses the Paul de Man Papers a collection of personal and professional papers documenting de Man s work in comparative literature See also editJacques Derrida Paul de Man Shoshana Felman Harold Bloom Geoffrey Hartman J Hillis Miller Deconstruction List of deconstructionists Differance Literary theory Metaphysics of presence New Criticism Yale UniversityReferences edit 2002 Raschke Carl Loosening Philosophy s Tongue A Conversation with Jack Caputo http www jcrt org archives 03 2 caputo raschke shtml 2006 Zizek Slavoj A Plea for a Return to Differance with a minor Pro Domo Sua Critical Inquiry 32 2 226 249 Bloom Harold et al Deconstruction and Criticism New York Continuum 1979 ix Deconstruction and Criticism ix Mathematical Philosophy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yale school amp oldid 1119571247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
