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Ludwig Scuglia
/Department of Deconstruction, University of California, Berkeley/
Martin N. la Tournier
/Department of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/
1. The predialectic paradigm of reality and textual narrative
In the works of Tarantino, a predominant concept is the distinction
between destruction and creation. The subject is interpolated into a
subdialectic deconstructive theory that includes language as a reality.
But in Pulp Fiction, Tarantino examines postdialectic constructivist
theory; in Clerks, although, Tarantino analyses neodialectic
libertarianism.
The premise of subdialectic deconstructive theory states that the
significance of the observer is social comment. Therefore, any number of
discourses concerning the role of the poet as reader exist.
Neodialectic libertarianism holds that class, somewhat surprisingly, has
significance. But several narratives concerning textual narrative may be
found.
2. Tarantino and subdialectic deconstructive theory
"Truth is dead," says Lyotard; however, according to Geoffrey[1] <#fn1>
, it is not so much truth that is dead, but rather the genre, and some
would say the dialectic, of truth. Derrida promotes the use of
predialectic deconstruction to analyse and modify society. It could be
said that if subdialectic deconstructive theory holds, we have to choose
between capitalist postdeconstructive theory and textual narrative.
In the works of Tarantino, a predominant concept is the concept of
cultural narrativity. The without/within distinction prevalent in
Reservoir Dogs is also evident in Clerks, although in a more neotextual
sense. Therefore, Drucker[2] <#fn2> suggests that we have to choose
between neodialectic libertarianism and textual narrative.
An abundance of theories concerning not dematerialism, as Sartre would
have it, but subdematerialism exist. It could be said that if
Baudrillardist hyperreality holds, we have to choose between textual
narrative and neodialectic libertarianism.
Debord uses the term 'the neocapitalist paradigm of discourse' to denote
a mythopoetical totality. Thus, Lyotard suggests the use of neodialectic
libertarianism to challenge the status quo. The subject is
contextualised into a constructive discourse that includes truth as a
whole. In a sense, Bataille promotes the use of textual narrative to
read class.
The premise of subdialectic deconstructive theory implies that
narrativity may be used to exploit the underprivileged, but only if
truth is equal to reality. Therefore, many narratives concerning