What Derrida's 'there is nothing outside the text' means for literary criticism — all meaning is textual, context is text

What Derrida means by 'there is nothing outside the text' — context is itself textual

Derrida's assertion implies that meaning is constructed within language, not external to it

What the New Critics argued — the poem is an autonomous object, ignore the author's biography and intentions

New Critics emphasized the poem's self-contained meaning, disregarding authorial context

What Derrida's deconstruction does — shows texts undermine their own logic from within

Deconstruction reveals inherent contradictions and instability in texts' supposed coherence

What Celan's 'Death Fugue' does — writes about the Holocaust in the language of the perpetrators

'Death Fugue' by Paul Celan articulates Holocaust horror in perpetrator's linguistic framework

What reception theory says — the meaning of a text exists in the interaction between text and reader

Reception theory posits that meaning arises from reader-text interaction

What Spivak's 'Can the Subaltern Speak?' asks — whether marginalized voices can be heard within dominant discourse

Examines if marginalized individuals can express themselves in prevailing power structures