1. Deconstruction • Deconstruction as a method of analysis • Naive construction

2. Assert: • Existence of a dichotomy: literature vs. non-literature [difference] • Hierarchy: Literature / non-literature [value] • Mutual constitution of hierarchy & dichotomy

3. Use examples to support case • Example: Moby Dick is "literature" because it portrays great human themes; it's "great" because it's literature • Show how each example subverts either the hierarchy or the dichotomy

4. Conclude: • If the dichotomy holds, the hierarchy doesn't

5. In Moby Dick, the great themes are portrayed through exposition as much as through narrative; it's not as great as it seems; many great works are not literature; much of literature is not great

6. Thus, rather than showing that difference produces value, the text assumes value as a way to deduce difference • Therefore, the text deconstructs => the argument deconstructs