Re: Salinger
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:17:13 -0500 (EST)
I don't know. It seems to me you're just advocating a different set of
conventions. I don't really see a very big distinction between what
literary critics do and what "amateur readers" do--it's just that the
critics do what they more self-consciously.
How do you distinguish between the "literary" aspects of Salinger work
and
"Salinger's ideas," his "messages," the "things that make these stories
unique and unified"? How can you say you don't delve into Salinger's
"intent" when you do pay attention to **his** messages.
Jim
<<We did not delve very far into the "literary" aspects of Salinger's
works; instead, we focused more on Salinger's ideas, his "messages"
(if you really want to call them that), the things that make these
stories unique and unified. We were not afraid to study the _Nine
Stories_ completely out of chronological and physical order, we were
not bound by issues of literary convention and the hopelessly tangled
web of literary terminology (no offense to Will et al). We just sat
around and talked Salinger. Honestly. Frankly. Without any self-
righteous section-talk.>>
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