... similar to others than to its own fragments, inspiring my decision to converge, in the final phase of my composition, my two conflicting characters into a single woman. The highly conceptual nature of Auster's writing compelled me to research literary theory which digressed into the investigation of post-structuralism and consequently, Jacques Derrida's theory of Deconstruction. Articles such as Lubomir Dolezel's "Poststructuralism: ... the postmodern conceit that ˜everything is a text' as proclaimed by Derrida, I intend to liken my characters to texts; they are ambiguous and open to mul...

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