[Vwoolf] Mrs Dalloway and Literary Theory

[Jean]

I'm surprised his students aren't out protesting in the streets with signs that read 'Alas! Alack! I want my money back!' 

I ban the use of 'conversating' in my classes, alas... alack...

Jean

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On Jul 12, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Mark Hussey <mhussey at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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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> From: vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Reiche
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 1:56 PM
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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.
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> Think on !
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