Re: Salinger
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:38:11 -0800 (PST)
> 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
>
Maybe some peoplw feel that Salinger is more juvenile because of
Catcher in the Rye but Catcher in the Rye was one of the most
influential books of that period and I feel that it would be a crime
not to include Salinger in that class.
-Liz Friedman
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