Re: Salinger
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:20:18 -0700 (MST)
There's actually an NYU dissertation on why catcher could only be written
in first person...I don't accept the validity of this dissertation because
the scholar had no knowledge of earlier "caulfield" stories written inthe
third person. Will
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Matt Kozusko wrote:
> I don't believe it's possible to separate form and content, and I'm not
> even a Formalist.
>
> If _Catcher_ had been told in the third person, would the "meaning" be
> the same? Consider the difference between "Slight Rebellion" and its
> corresponding chapter in _Catcher_. Literary devices play a large part
> in determining content.
>
> --
> Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu
>