[ SECRET POST #2476 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2476 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: English lit tangent

[kelincihutan]

There are times when I quite purposely decide that subtext doesn't count. As far as I'm concerned, when Mark Twain gave his disclaimer stating that Huckleberry Finn has no plot, moral, or meaning, he was being entirely truthful.

Re: English lit tangent

[loracarol]

I'll take your word for it! I haven't read it in a long time, so I can't comment specifically on it. |D

For me, it was "The Yellow Wallpaper". I'm sure there was a lot of lovely subtext in there for people who see such things, but I had such a hard time actually *seeing* it, as opposed to having it told at me by my teacher. >_>; Also, Kafka's "The Metamorphosis". The guy turned into a giant bug. Why? I have no effing idea.

/end rant

Re: English lit tangent

[feotakahari]

Tangent to the tangent: The Metamorphosis makes a lot more sense when you notice one little thing. As an insect, Gregor can't talk, only screech. But when he's screeching at his parents after he wakes up in the morning, only Grete notices that anything has changed. The implication is that to his parents, everything he says sounds like meaningless screeches anyway. Everything else that happens in the story can be understood in terms of people failing to communicate with each other, and often not wanting to communicate because that might make them feel guilty about exploiting each other.

No, I didn't come up with that on my own, and I didn't even like the story until I read an essay that explained it to me. I don't think any teacher should try to teach Kafka without at least having the class read Letter to His Father--it explains so much about Kafka's issues. (And maybe also Conversations with Kafka, if only for one of the admissions he makes--Samsa isn't just Kafka with the letters switched, and the story's not a confession, but he was to some extent writing about the bugs in his own family.)

Re: English lit tangent

[loracarol]

Huh, that was never an option for how the story could be interpreted in my class. |D That's an interesting interpretation. :)

I need to read that, I think. Thanks!