ON DELOGOCENTRISM: A DECONSTRUCTIONIST READING OF TOM STOPPARDʹʹS TWO SELECTED PLAYS; ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD AND ARCADIA

The purpose of this study is to examine a deconstructive concept of theatre as it specifically relates to the theatre of post-structuralism by investigating the works and ideas of Tom Stoppard. Accusing Western philosophy of being obsessed with binary oppositions, Jacques Derridaʹs deconstructive approach represents language as an instable and delogocentric system by means of which no fixed meaning can be created. Together with conceptualism and rejection of modern doctrines, Derridaʹs theory of post-structuralism is utilized to analyze the inner dynamics of Stoppardʹs two selected plays: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Arcadia.