fragment

is not a piece of a former work of art but a term or neologism which sprays out like shrapnel and becomes lodged in this or that discourse.

Fragments' in theoretical discourse are not, in any case, such pieces of a former work of art but rather the terms themselves, the neologisms, which, having become ideological logos, then spray out into the social world like so much shrapnel, passing into general usage and describing their parabola with diminishing force until they end up lodging in this or that immovable obstacle which may, of course, end up simply being the media in its own right' (Jameson 1991:103)

, like a miniature work of art, has to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world and be complete in itself like a porcupine.

 ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

fragment, n.All

fragment