At 01:59 PM 02/11/2007, you wrote:
>On the theory of relativity: it doesn't say that
everything is
>relative... I don't know who invented that silly and
totally false
>dictum. It wasn't Einstein or any of the other people
who developed
>the theory.
No argument from me Jacques, though it isn't hard to see how
some would get from one to the other. It's more than the
similarity in terms.
Generally, I think of postmodernism as a bag of tricks,
techniques if you like, used by artists to illustrate,
rightly or wrongly, the application of twentieth century
scientific theory to human behaviour and experience, and not
some indulgence designed to trick humanity into believing
nothing matters, as has been stated earlier, or that judgment
is inherently evil. As such, it also isn't hard to see how
these ideas would find expression in noir and hardboiled
literature
(books, films, comics, theatre, pamphlets) and as such should
not be subject to arbitrary dismissal. Even without
agreement, it's too much fun to ignore.
I agree with you and Jim that literature is what gets written
down and read (or heard, or seen in the case of performance)
but there's no point being blind to the fact that many others
use it as a term to mean some work has, or should have
lasting value. In that context, I think of literature is
another genre, primarily appreciated by those who value
highly descriptive characterization. There are exceptions to
that too, I expect.
Best, Kerry
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