Re: What little I know
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 05 Jun 1998 09:38:31 -0600 (MDT)
Hey, Aaron is on to something dynamic! Why does Salinger's prose make
poetry something special and beyond poems? Typically, poetry and prose
oppose each other--how exactly is Salinger's prose poetic? Brevity?
Compression of emotion and exquisite use of detail? Valuing emotion as
much as sense? Knowing words can reach into persona and connect with
readers?
will
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Aaron Prater wrote:
> Well I have read The Catcher in the Rye, Franny & Zooey, Raise High the
> Roofbeams Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction and Nine Stories (my
> personal favorite). I never really got into analyzing literature, but
> for some reason Salinger has made me like poetry. I used to hate poetry
> and now I want to be a poet, or I think I am and just need to learn how
> to express myself. Whatever the case Salinger (and a couple of others
> like Kerouac) have made me change the way I view life. Every aspect of
> it. I'm assuming many of you have seen the same things I have or this
> list wouldn't exist. For no obvious reason I find myself grinning at
> the little old Okinawan lady who cuts my hair. I wonder if this is what
> Holden felt when he saw the little kid singing his song. I just know
> the world (my part in particular) is much better thanks to Salinger.
>
> Aaron
>
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