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To: jlallen who wrote (70396)	1/3/2000 1:19:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes, according to Derrida, that is the key: there is no author of LTs posts, there is only a collaboration among LT and her readers.Thus, the empirical LT and the authorial LT are radically distinct, and "LT" becomes a character in fiction.....She is subject to multi- faceted interpretation, especially in deconstructive play, meant to expose the hegemonistic aspects of Lizzie Tudor (references to Queen Elizabeth, Empire, the creation of a national church), and to playfully tease out the subversive aspects of the character ( her Californization, for example). Thus, she becomes a kind of comic Everywoman of Western Civilization, from early- to post- modern......

To: jlallen who wrote (70396)	1/3/2000 1:32:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Now, of course, the hermeneutics of the situation are further complicated by the fact of multiple interactive discourse. Instead of having a singular narrative attributed to LT, there are at least several authors, and numerous responsorial or referencing posts, which creates an unstable context in which to view the character, and enhances its post- modern "constructedness". For this reason, it is particularly suitable to refer to the character by her initials, since the center is skeletal, and only fleshed out in the ever changing flux.....