what's so special about deconstruction?

[Otto]

>
> "The general idea of deconstruction is to uncover the processes and
> foundations through which meaning/s are constructed in texts"
>
> Recently-coined jargon aside, how does this differ from the work that
> literary critics have done for centuries?
>

This is the right question, Doug:
No, they didn't, they were just telling propaganda about the books, giving
the illusion that there is a fixed meaning expressed in the book.
Deconstruction is, as your snip says correctly, about "processes",
"foundations" and "constructed", not ready-made meanings (-- that tell you
what you *have* to believe).

Otto