Pre-class Derrida

Derrida's piece was a little hard to understand, but it had to do with difference. He discusses how there is difference in understandings about words, symbols, and writings. This article mentions De Saussure a fair amount of times. Derrida relates to De Saussure because they both discuss the understandings of words. Another term that came to my mind while reading this was intertextuality. Barthes talked about intertextuality earlier in the semester. He talks about how people understand pieces due to past experiences they have had. Therefore every person comprehends things differently. Intertextuality is one of the main reasons there is so much difference in understanding words, symbols, and writings. If every person had the same background experiences then there would not be much difference in symbols, words, or writings.