i agree with will. look at how revolutionary faulkner's use of chronology was at the time. how much more enduring and potent do you want to get?--matt On Mon, 02 Mar 1998 08:10:46 -0700 (MST) hochman@uscolo.edu (WILL HOCHMAN) wrote: > >I respectfully diagree Scottie--I take the word "novel" seriously and >often that means changing the conventions and rules to fit the story--take >for example cormac mcarthy's unorthodox use of no quotes (and other stuff, >it's been a while since I read him) or David Markson's incredbile >intertextuality in _Reader's Block_--craft and tradition with language may >be important, but good fiction breaks rules as well as following them...I >base my point on _Literature Against Itself_ by Geral Graff. I am the one >who is questioning mr. salinger's captialization scheme, but before I >sluff it off as "arch," I think I want to think about tim's point about >using caps to empahsize parallel to his use of italics, as well as >the idea that capitalization quirks could be about Buddy's quirks... >will > >Mar 1998, Scottie Bowman wrote: > >> >> >> Whatever about Dylan's honesty condoning unorthodoxy, it seems >> to be the case, sadly, that the more restrictions an artist places >> on himself - whether rules of scansion or rhyme or grammar or >> whatever - the cleaner, leaner & more enduring the final product. >> >> Scottie B. >>