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What is Theory? for 6th Semester


What is Theory?

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Theory is inter-discipline discourse with effect, outside an original discipline. It is analytical and speculative, an attempt to work out what is involved in what we call text or language or writing or meaning on subject. Theory is a critique of common sense of concept taken as natural. Besides, it is reflective, thinking and thinking enquiry into the category. We use in making sense of things in literatures and in other discursive practice.
Both Foucault and Derrida discuss theory in different angles. Derrida offers a reading or interpretation of text, identifying logic at work in a text. Foucault claim is not based on text, in fact be cites amazingly few actual documents and discourses but offers a general frame work for thinking about text and discourses in general. Derrida’s interpretation shows the extent to which literary work they such a Rousseau’s confession are theoretical theatrical.
Foucault, on the hand tried to show us how insightful or wise texts are but how for the discourses of doctors, scientists, novelists and other create the things.
Derrida tells us what Rousseau’s texts say or show the question that arises in whether what Rousseau’s text says in true. Foucault claims to analysis a particular historical moment, so the questions that arise in whether his large generalizations hold for other times and place. Raising follow up question like these is in turn, our way of stepping into theory and practicing it.
Both eg. of theory illustrate that theory involves speculative practice accounts of desire, language and so on that challenge receive ideas. So, they do inside our in rethink the category with which we may be reflecting on literature.
However, theory is intimidating one of the most dismaying features of theory today is that as endless. There may be a general lesson here. Theory does not give rise to harmonious solution. It does not teach us once and for all, what meaning is how much that factors of intention, text, reader and context each contribution to a sum that is meaning.


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