Subject: "Bananafish"
From: Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@virtual.park.uga.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 21 1997 - 14:14:45 GMT
Well, I just tried teaching "Bananafish" to twelve UGA freshmen, and it
was a terrible disaster. I've just discovered that I cannot read
"Bananafish" independently of everything else I know about Salinger. This
is really rather fascinating. I feel like I have no way of approximating
what it was like for readers of the Jan. '48 NYer to read this story. I
got some extraordinary (that's a nice, neutral word) reactions from my
students. I found I was unable to lead any sort of discussion--I could
not separate myself from the grand context of the whole Salinger canon.
No real point here, just catharsis. I suspect I'll follow this up after
tomorrow's class period. Incidentally, would anybody be interested in
joining us for an on-line class discussion?
Matt
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