using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string value = "[]";

        string[] selectedNodes = new string[]{};

        var type = selectedNodes.GetType();

        Console.WriteLine("Actual value --> " + value + "\n");

        var serialized = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value);

        Console.WriteLine("Serialized with extra quotes --> " + serialized + "\n");

        // removes the extra double quotes from the serialized string

        // serialized = serialized.Replace("\"", "");

        var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(serialized, type);

        Console.WriteLine("Deserialized value --> " + deserialized);

    }

}