Develops A Rigorous Theory Of Narrative As Apost-deconstructive Model For Interpretation.interrogating Stories Told About Life After Deconstruction, And Discovering Instead A Kind Of Afterlife Of Deconstruction, Daniel Punday Draws On A Wide Range Of Theorists To Develop A Rigorous Theory Of Narrative As An Alternative Model For Literary Interpretation. Drawing On An Observation Made By Jean-franois Lyotard, Punday Argues That At The Heart Of Narrative Are Concrete Objects That Can Serve As Lynchpins Through Which Many Different Explanations And Interpretations Can Come Together. Narrative After Deconstruction Traces The Often Grudging Emergence Of A Post-deconstructive Interest In Narrative Throughout Contemporary Literary Theory By Examining Critics As Diverse As Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Elizabeth Grosz, And Edward Said.