[Vwoolf] Mrs Dalloway and Literary Theory

[Mark Hussey]

Well, wonderful  writer he may well be, but Mr. Toibin seems a bit draconian
for the classroom!  And Nabokov's famous directives on how his novels had to
be read also are poor models for pedagogy (except in the 19th century
perhaps.).  Of course, in my own classes I ban the use of 'relatable' .. ;)

 

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o" but literary theory is soooo delicious!

On Jul 12, 2013, at 6:39 PM, Roy <roy at mantex.co.uk> wrote:





Interviewed on BBC Radio 3 as special guest recently, the Irish novelist
Colm Toibin said that as a golden rule in his work teaching literature as
Professor of Humanities at Columbia University, he FORBIDS any mention of
literary theory, and even bans the use of terms such as 'discourse' and
'textuality'.

 

Instead, participants in his seminars and tutorials are forced to discuss
only the specific details, the characters, events, and prose style of the
text under consideration.  That, he argued (echoing Vladimir Nabokov's
similar approach) is the only serious way to appreciate and understand a
work of literature.

 

Think on !

 

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