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Christopher (Charles) Norris (born November 6, 1947)[1] is a British literary critic and theorist. November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 55 days remaining. ...
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Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ...
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As of 2007 he is Distinguished Research Professor in Philosophy at Cardiff University. He completed his PhD in English at University College London in 1975, whilst Sir Frank Kermode served as the Lord Northcliffe Professor of modern English literature there. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...
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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) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ...
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. Deconstruction is a term in contemporary philosophy, literary criticism, and the social sciences, denoting a process by which the texts and languages of Western philosophy (in particular) appear to shift and complicate in meaning when read in light of the assumptions and absences they reveal within themselves. ...
Jacques Derrida (July 15, 1930 – October 8, 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher, known as the founder of deconstruction. ...
Literary theory is the theory (or the philosophy) of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism. ...
Selected works Some of Norris's published books to date include: Theory and Practice, Against Relativism, New Idols of the Cave, Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realism: Philosophical Responses to Quantum Mechanics, and Resources of Realism: Truth, Meaning, and Interpretation.
References - ^ "Christopher (Charles) Norris" (2002). Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. Retrieved on January 19, 2007.
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...
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