Al wrote:
I find it weird that someone would choose to spend hundreds
of thousands of words creating fictional worlds and
populating them with imaginary characters who are part of
complex plots, just to turn a single uncomplicated political
point...
*********** miker wrote: Er... good point, Al! One thing that
bares mentioning is that interpretations don't always lean
too heavily on what the author was supposedly trying to say.
The reader oftentimes invests a big chunk of his own persona
in the interpretation. Rather than being a window to the
world, the text becomes a mirror through which the reader can
admire his own reflection.
***********
mmmmmm? You guys ever read anything by Ayn Rand?
Patrick King
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Al wrote:
>
> I find it weird that someone would choose to
spend
> hundreds of thousands of words creating
fictional
> worlds and populating them with imaginary
characters
> who are part of complex plots, just to turn a
single
> uncomplicated political point...
>
> ***********
> Er... good point, Al! One thing that
bares
> mentioning
> is that interpretations don't always lean
too
> heavily
> on what the author was supposedly trying to
say.
> The
> reader oftentimes invests a big chunk of his
own
> persona in the interpretation. Rather than being
a
> window to the world, the text becomes a
mirror
> through
> which the reader can admire his own
reflection.
>
> miker
>
>
>
>
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