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Wittgenstein, Narrative Theory, and Cultural Studies

Who won the 1977 debate between John Searle and Jacques Derrida that ensued after the English publication of Derrida's critique of J. L. Austin (Searle's mentor)?¹ If the subsequent decline of speech act theory in literary studies is an indication, then the winner was undoubtedly Derrida.² His "victory," however, was less over Austin's and Searle's views than a deflation of critics' expectations concerning their work as a tool for literary interpretation. Searle has often complained that Derrida never really "confronted" Austin's arguments; and, clearly, Derrida did not formulate his objections in analytic-philosophical terms.³ But he did not need to, beyond...