Re: RARA-AVIS: Cain and Hammett

From: jacquesdebierue ( jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 06 Oct 2007


--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Robert Elkin <rictusaporia@...> wrote:
>
> So, behavior & emotion are 1:1? That's nice & easy, although not
necessarily logical. Why close off debate? What's wrong with ambiguity? Is there really such a problem with simultaneous different views when all are supported by the text?
>

I agree. The point of a literary debate is to gain vision rather than reach certainty. The process is similar to looking at a great painting. You are never done with it. Besides, people are not very likely to obey any literary or artistic certainties proclaimed by others. Which is a way of saying: each reader counts and each reading counts as a new game. A teenager reading Chandler today for the first time will see it as part of his own game. That's the way it's always been with literature and the other arts.

Best,

mrt



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