Re: I'll tell you what it's all about....
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:48:18 -0600
please ignore that "is" in the last sentence of 1). damn--matt
On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:27:15 -0600 Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu wrote:
>
>> I can see how attractive this must be in a society - such as the US
>> or Australia - where a remorseless egalitarianism lays its dead hand
>> on the artist =ECn his special role as elite avatar - one only to be
>>understood
>> with the most ardent, humble devotion. It remains a position
>> of grotesque & insightless impudence.
>>
>> Scottie B.
>
>
>scottie--
>
>1)if you're saying the author's intention is the most valid interpretation=
of
>a text, i'm with you. if you're saying the author's intention is the only
>valid interpretation, i'm jumping ship. every reader brings a unique set =
of
>lenses to the text. i believe that looking through those lenses is a vali=
d
>way of seeing a work. but...the author IS the ultimate authority on what =
the
>work is actually SAYS.
>
>2)"remorseless egalitarianism"? sounds more like the french revolution or
>the
>brooks farm commune of hawthorne and melville fame to me. please elaborat=
e
>in
>your inimitable style.
>
>--matt