LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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The ability of a text to contain truth
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The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text
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The idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a process of deconstruction
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aporia suggests “an impasse”, a knot or an inherent contradiction found in any text, an insuperable deadlock, or “double bind” of incompatible or contradictory meanings which are “undecidable”.
Detailed explanation-2: -In classical rhetoric, aporia means placing a claim in doubt by developing arguments on both sides of an issue. In the terminology of deconstruction, aporia is a final impasse or paradox–the site at which the text most obviously undermines its own rhetorical structure, dismantles, or deconstructs itself.
Detailed explanation-3: -The use of the Greek word “aporia” comes from Derrida’s application of the term to describe a paradoxical or unanswerable question that forces you to think differently.
Detailed explanation-4: -apo·ria ə-ˈpȯr-ē-ə : an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect. : a logical impasse or contradiction. especially : a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable.