Subject: Re: "French Style" (for Jim)
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 10:19:33 GMT
Alright...I can buy it from you. You've studied with the guy, been
immersed in the literature, know it pretty well forwards and backwards...so
I can believe you're used to it. Derrida, I know, can be playful once you
get into him and really know what's going on (I'm still working on it).
But when you don't have this background? EESH.
I think you're familiar with that feeling too, though. Remember the first
time you read him? What did you think?
Jim
Omlor@aol.com wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Re: "The French Style, easy and pleasurable..."
>
> Honest. Perhaps it's just like learning another language, but my ear is
> now completely attuned to it and I actually love reading it. And it
> makes perfect sense to me, too. I read a book like *The Gift of Death*
> or *Aporias* or *Specters of Marx* and even upon first reading I have
> great fun and I have no trouble at all following the details and
> arguments. It's a real joy for me. I re-read *Glas* every year or so
> just for fun. I realize this is not true for everyone, but I have to be
> honest here.
>
> Sorry, but it's the truth. My colleagues can't understand this either,
> but they do believe it, because they've seen me give readings and
> interpretations off-the-cuff in classes and on panels.
>
> Bye for now,
>
> --John (with apologies to those who, after seeing the subject line,
> opened this post thinking it was going to be dirty...)
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