Re: more
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Fri, 03 Jul 1998 07:10:23 -0400 (EDT)
<<Will's question about my reading habits sounds as if it were from
the same stable. He must have guessed by now how I regard
the work of professional critics - as purely parasitic. I would
never wish to encourage such unwholesome activities.>>
It should please you to know that many critics who oppose deconstruction
define criticism as a parasitic activity. Of course it is. It's just
that the issues surrounding getting meaning out of texts are
approximately the same for both literary crit and literature.
<< Holden Caulfield was conceived & set going without the
slightest
reference to critics & he has thrived without the slightest help
from them - except, perhaps, where their quotes have been used
as aids in marketing. Indeed it's probably only now that he's
been
put on the college syllabus & the poor children are required to
read
the commentaries that he will start to die.
Scottie B.>>
All readers are critics. Some are just more self-conscious about the
activity than others.
Jim
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