Louis Menards The Free World
absolutely set him on fire
visiting his father he tried to
explain Derrida
Jacques Derrida French philosopher Jeu His scheme of play The disrupter
of presence stability fixity caused by cente . .
. . Stop. Please.
Why would you think
I’d be interested in any of this?
Why
Yes. Why?
Youre who taught me to be curious
Taught me curiouser an curiouser
Ah.
You did as I said . . . . not as I
did.
Not as you did
No.
I didn’t have you until late in life.
You understand I believe, it's hard to teach old dogs new tricks.
he laughedblurted a bolt a thick
viscousHA
HA dog was one of his examples
Bear with me old
man Im your fault
Jeu
Play
Within the system phonemes . .
.
. Phonemes?
Yes I was going to explain since I
now deeplydoubt youd have a clue
Phonemes Dog has three phonemes D
O G Each phoneme has one letter Theres fortyfour in all
Okay
Okay.
Within the system phonemes
morphemes morpheme
Its the smallest unit of
language that contains meaning Dog is a
free morpheme The word incoming has
three morphemes in come
-ing
Okay
Okay.
he
could scarcely believe he was keeping his attention
This is cool Within the system mythemes They are units of narrative features used to
compare myths from around the world
Your myth
My myth?
Whaya tell others of
yourself thamay not intrinsically be true but how you identify
Okay. I get it.
And kinship roles
Family.
Yes though there are other
kinships
Others?
Theyre broken down into
consanguineal an expression swept his fathers
face Yes
Family. Blood relations.
Yes Parents children lineal kinship Siblings Collateral
Also
affinal an social Marriage is affinal Social
Outside blood or marriage Through
community or church
Fascinating.
Really
Yes. Please continue your
instruction.
he
wasnt being facetious when he was it
stuck out of his face like a sore thumb
Happy youre diggin
Phonemes morphemes mythemes kinship are
subject to substitutions an transformations
wha Derrida called jeu
Play
Or game
Which
are in addition to being curious as you taught me
Thank you
You’re welcome . . . I
think.
Believe
Thank you
You’re welcome. Who knew?
Didnt
But you taught me to learn An he
gave his father a puzzledquestioning expression
the old man chuckled
The more you learn the less you know.
Yes You also taught me tha
prior to
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https://media-studies.com/mytheme/#:~:text=Think%20about%20their%20origin%20stories,could%20be%20considered%20a%20mytheme.
https://www.literatureandcriticism.com/structure-sign-and-play/#:~:text=According%20to%20Derrida%2C%20'Play%20is,about%20the%20presence%20or%20absence.