When people say that something is a deconstruction of its genre, what does that mean?
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Deconstruction is a philosophical concept that was introduced by the philosopher Jacques Derrida. It is a way of understanding the relationship between text and meaning, and basically says that all texts have simultaneous and contradictory meanings that cannot be reconciled. So a work that is a deconstruction of its genre, then, deliberately brings to the fore and focuses on the contradictions within that genre.
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