Derrida's Interpretation And Study Of "Phaedrus"

Derrida is a representative figure in the contemporary French thought circle.His thought is famous for "Deconstruction" and has a profound impact on philosophy,aesthetics,literary theory and many other fields.Among his many works,Derrida's interpretation of Phaedrus embodies not only the depth of Plato's thought,but also the essence of deconstruction strategy.Therefore,Derrida's interpretation of Phaedrus is of great academic value.This paper takes Derrida's interpretation of the Phaedrus as the research object,and discusses it from two directions: on the one hand,I comb the rhetoric,dialectics,logos and writing in the Phaedrus,so as to explain the influence of the Phaedrus on Derrida's thoughts;on the other hand,while combing Derrida's thoughts,I also pay attention to Derrida's transformation on writing,logos and other thoughts in Phaedrus.At the point of the study,the relevant texts are studied in detail with metaphor as the clue,and closely combined with the ideological background at that time.In the process of research,this paper puts forward three closely combined views: Firstly,logos itself is full of metaphorical factors,Derrida leads us to understand the inherent gloom and ambiguity of logos.The sacred status of logos is embodied in its communication with the original concepts such as Idea,but Derrida reveals to us that the origin of this status is based on metaphor;Secondly,the collapse of the sacred status of logos marks the birth of "writing",and thus logos becomes a "supplement",and the metaphorical nature of writing itself shows a picture of "the margin of logos";the most important is after that,the metaphors and playful scenes of writing liberate the meaning of the text.Under the influence of metaphor,writing forms a flowing chain of meaning,which is characterized by "frolic".The text is composed of writing,the structure of the text is difficult to grasp because of the flow of writing,and the meaning of the text can not be reduced to a single,definite and realistic meaning,and presents the characteristics of "dissemination".But this is not to say that Derrida's thought of meaning fell into the mire of relativism.Derrida explained the limitations of the traditional thought of meaning with teleology as its basic feature by "the play of syntax" and the interweaving of writing and reading.The significance of this paper is that combing Derrida's interpretation of the Phaedrus can help us to understand the internal contradictions in Plato's thoughts,especially his contradictory attitude towards language and Idea,and also help us to understand the connotation of Derrida's deconstruction strategy more profoundly.