martes, mayo 11
Dr. Gerald Lucas
Dr. Gerald Lucas: January 1997 Archives
'Derrida's "The Law of Genre" suggests that, while definition, or genre, is unreliable, it is also an essential tactic if we are to scrutinize definitions themselves. He begins "The Law of Genre" with a seemingly absolute statement: "Genres are not to be mixed?" ("Genre" 51). He then asks to define his utterance, which becomes impossible because of the multiple moods that could be assigned to the expression.'
'Derrida's "The Law of Genre" suggests that, while definition, or genre, is unreliable, it is also an essential tactic if we are to scrutinize definitions themselves. He begins "The Law of Genre" with a seemingly absolute statement: "Genres are not to be mixed?" ("Genre" 51). He then asks to define his utterance, which becomes impossible because of the multiple moods that could be assigned to the expression.'
