Re: a few answers
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 08 Nov 1998 16:38:53 +1100
> The answer to your question, Camille, Why is Scottie on this list?, was
> given by Scottie himself in the sentence immediately preceding the
snippet
> you preserved in your reply. Here it is again, for your benefit.
>
> "Chatting about books is something civilised people do over a dinner
table,
> over a few drinks, or even through the medium of a mailing list."
Yes ... but I asked this question of Scottie to demonstrate that my
understanding and his understanding of the purpose of listservers are
radically different. Sure, you should be able to speculate `Is Holden Gay'
over the ash of your virtual cigar - but you also shouldn't be shamed for
talking literary theory with other like-minded individuals.
> As for
> Scottie's suggestion that literature courses are a waste of time, and
that
> academia tends to attract the untalented, this has been clearly (and
quite
> convincingly in my mind) laid out by Salinger himself! Has anyone here
> actually read Franny & Zooey?
Hey ... just because Salinger said something doesn't mean it's `right/true'
or `wrong/untrue'. So what if he did? Like I said, if we all deeply
followed Salinger's beliefs, none of us would be here talking on this list.
Personally, I can definitely see Salinger's point, I go to a university,
which, like any other, has its fair share of Lane Coutrells.
But what it all comes down to yet again is my formulation of the perfect
scholar: the one who can combine head with heart. In my mind, the ideal
scholar is Lane and Franny combined.
Maybe their baby is the perfect scholar (:
Camille
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