This critical approach assumes that language does not refer to any external reality. It can assert several, contradictory interpretations of one text ?
Correct answer: A. Deconstructionism
- A. Deconstructionism
- B. Formalist Criticism
- C. Structuralism
- D. Mimetic Criticism
Explanation
Deconstructionism questions stable meaning and rejects the idea that language transparently refers to a fixed external reality. It therefore allows competing and even contradictory interpretations of a text.
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