Re: Salinger
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 20:16:24 -0600
kari--salinger's one of those authors cursed by his own popularity. no
scholar is going to make a name for herself championing j.d. salinger, the guy
who wrote that book everybody loves in high school. this seems rather shallow
and raises my esteem for scholars like our very own will hochman and matt
kozusko even higher. i hope their students realize what treasures they
have...matt
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:54:25 -0500 lomanno@ix.netcom.com (Lomanno) wrote:
>Changing the subject: A professor of mine is going to teach an "American
>Lit: 1945 - present" course next semester, and some fellow students and
>I were asking him what authors he planned to include in the class. He
>asked for our suggestions, and I immediately blurted out "Salinger!"
>
>Everyone turned and looked at me like I was "one of those Salinger
>freaks" as the professor explained to me that Salinger has "been done to
>death," and that there's really nothing more to say about him. Is he
>right? Because, personally, I've never had the pleasure of "learning" a
>Salinger text in a classroom environment.
>
>My only experience with Salinger has been within the comfort of my own
>home, and I would really like to hear some truly academic discourse
>(like we have here). I'd even like to experiment with subjecting
>Salinger texts to some formal literary theories (just for fun). :)
>
>--Kari