John Updike is Academic Level Salinger
eryk charles arthur salvaggio (ecs1@keene.edu)
Sat, 14 Feb 1998 16:41:41 -0500 (EST)
It's been said that Salinger invented the style of writing made famous in
the New Yorker....John Updike included. In going over A&P, the biography
written before the story in my college text book cited him as saying that
Salinger was an amazing influence.
I was happy to see that Salinger was being mentioned in a class at Keene
State College, considering that by Junior Level College courses, there
aren't any mentions/readings of Salinger, and the college is situated a
45 drive from Cornish, NH. [Maybe Salinger made an agreement with KSC not
to mention him so he wouldn't get any visitors? :)] Meanwhile, John
Updike is a standard from Freshman Year to Junior Year.
It struck me as funny that KSC would have us read a story by someone who
says they were directly influenced by Salinger, whom literary critics
have heavily compared to Salinger, and by all god damned means IS JD
Salinger by stylistic standards in the mechanics of his writing.
Any one else having/had this problem with their academic institution? Any
ideas why?
Is Salinger, dare I say it, considered a "High School" writer????
-ecas
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