why?
nicolaaaaaa (EGA98NFC@sheffield.ac.uk)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:47:52 +0000
dear will,
i think i am about to ask a stupid question.... this is addressed to
everyone really. at first i didn't
understsnd how people were "in your class", stupidly, but now i do
and i just have to ask...
i never really thought about salinger as a text to be taught,
until now... i think i would hate to have to study TCIR, and
particularly F&Z... do you never get disillusioned with analysing
salinger? as an english student i am quite probably missing the point
completely, and i am beginning to wonder why the hell i even chose
this course when even picking apart something i am indifferent to like
"the lifted veil" seems so much
more pointless than just READING it. i just hate the idea of writing
essays on Salinger's narr. style, language etc etc. and am thinking
maybe i have no business being here, studying what i am studying,
when it appears i have no insight into the subject at all. i used to
love english, but now it all seems to be going belly-up...
please someone write back and shoot even just a tiny bit of wisdom my
way...
confused,
nicola