John Barth's Chimera re-mythologizes mythology and re-orients it
into the subversive discourse of postmodernism. The subversion of
mythology and language are read in this book according to Paul de
Man's deconstruction. The deconstruction of Jacques Derrida has
been widely practiced in academic circles, particularly through
dissertations. But it seems that de Manian deconstruction has not
yet been delved into as a reading practice. The major aim of this
book is to divulge the practicality of Paul de Man's deconstructive
reading or what he calls "rhetorical reading" in the texts of
literature. Deconstruction of Chimera is accomplished via a
two-step de Manian reading strategy; first, the detection of
figures of speech or tropological language and the aberration of
each trope, second, the exemplification of allegory of reading in
each novella. As de Man proclaims, all the languages are figural,
constituted of denominative and conceptual spheres. The conflict
between the two is never resolved within a text and culminates int
an aberrant aporia. This aporia is what causes the impossibility of
reading in any text.
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