Re: For those discussing Lit Crit...
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:16:22 -0600 (MDT)
Dear John,
I should've known! My 12 year old niece insisted I watch South Park but
it's on a bit late for me here...you really had me since I was trying to
remember if K was a reference to an early, unpublished version of Allie
Caulfield who is Kenneth (I think) Caulfield in that story ("An Ocean
Full of Bowling Balls")...I also
wondered if your reference was a synthesized idea of kafka and "soaring"
K...;)welcome to the list...btw, I recommend _Small World_ as "required
fun" for any conference goer and those of our field especially...it's by
David Lodge.
will
On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, john v. omlor wrote:
> Will writes, fairly enough,
>
> >John, I'm a section man too but for the life of me, I can't figure out
> >what you are really saying...perhaps because I ignorantly don't know who
> >"kenny" refers to...maybe that will start me on a more clear reading
> >path...will
> >
>
>
> Will,
>
> Don't worry, it's just a joke... a little fun amidst all my preparations
> for fall courses in Novels and Theory and something the University calls
> "Acquisition of Knowledge" (a soft-core history of epistemology course for
> Honors kids).
>
> Kenny is the little parka-wearing kid whose voice is all but unintelligible
> on the animated tv show *South Park*. He dies in some gruesome way in
> every episode, but comes back normal as always in the next. At his death,
> during each half-hour show, one of his friends inevitably shouts "They
> killed Kenny! You Bastards!"
>
> Please pardon the small bit of pop-lunacy.
>
> Enjoy the days and nights,
>
> --John
>
>
>