Christopher Norris is a British literary critic and theorist. As of 2005 he is Distinguished Research Professor in Philosophy at Cardiff University. Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a university in Cardiff. ...

Until 1991 Norris taught in the Cardiff English Department. He has also held fellowships and visiting appointments at a number of institutions, including the University of California, Berkeley, the City University of New York and Dartmouth College. 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as California, Cal, UCB, UC Berkeley, The University of California, or simply Berkeley) is a public, coeducational university situated east of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym usually pronounced kyoo-nee or coo-nee), located in New York City, is the largest urban university in the United States, with more than 198,000 enrolled in degree programs, about 20,000 enrolled in non-degree programs and more than 200... Dartmouth College, incorporated as Trustees of Dartmouth College, is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

He is one of the world's leading scholars on deconstruction, particularly in the work of Jacques Derrida. He has written numerous books and papers on literary theory and other disciplines, and his work is highly acclaimed and widely respected. Indeed, Norris is now considered a philosopher in his own right: 2003's Life After Theory featured an interview with Norris, placing him alongside Derrida as a significant contemporary. The term deconstruction was coined by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960s and is used in contemporary humanities and social sciences to denote a philosophy of meaning that deals with the ways that meaning is constructed and understood by writers, texts, and readers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Literary theory is the theory (or the philosophy) of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism. ...