Sentence:  Finally, I differentiate Joyce's use of a feminine <WSD>tropology</WSD> from that of Derrida, Lacan, and the proponents of "écriture féminine": in Joyce's work it serves to express his ambivalence and anxiety concerning a writing that would open up the play of the signifier and challenge the authority of the unified self. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.