Why should they teach noir?
I wouldn't want to be taught Goodis.
I remember reading Lord of the Flies when I was ten or eleven years old. Blew my mind. Changed my notions on human nature. Made me hungry for more incendiary writing.
Three or fours years later it was my set work at school. The teacher and the syllabus killed it. Dead. It was a stuffed animal that couldn't bite anymore.
After that I hoped I wouldn't ever get set a novel I might actually like.
Sean Shapiro
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From: Brian Thornton <bthorntonwriter@gmail.com>
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 5:15:35 AM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: "The Canon"?
Gonzalo wrote regarding a potential anti-academic tilt to Rara Avis:
"What I was alluding to were previous assertions that so-called mainstream
fiction is mostly derivative, plot-less and narcissistic (or something along
those lines)."
Gonzalo-
Are we meant to conclude from this statement that you see a link between
so-called 'mainstream' /'literary' fiction and academia?
Because if you do, you've got lots of company.
And how circular has this greater discussion become, coming back to the
academy, and what they do and don't teach?
Brian
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