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Jan. 10th, 2008 10:33 amThoughts on the Sanctity of Character
I got to pimp the OTW in class today – I’m TAing for Literary Theory 101, and we’re doing the Death of the Author. I was actually really pleased with my class. No one got outright shirty about the idea, and most were leery but accepting about the whole thing. Usually I have to push this one harder – I’m proud of them for using their brains and avoiding knee-jerk reactions.
Between class and fandom (which can’t seem to talk about anything but OTW at the moment, cool, it’s the shiny new thing) I’m been spending an awful lot of time contemplating reader/Author interactions. And at the same time, The Boy has been working through the climax of his current novel.
Okay, so as I’ve mentioned before, my boyfriend is a writer. Of fantasy novels. And I edit his work.
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I got to pimp the OTW in class today – I’m TAing for Literary Theory 101, and we’re doing the Death of the Author. I was actually really pleased with my class. No one got outright shirty about the idea, and most were leery but accepting about the whole thing. Usually I have to push this one harder – I’m proud of them for using their brains and avoiding knee-jerk reactions.
Between class and fandom (which can’t seem to talk about anything but OTW at the moment, cool, it’s the shiny new thing) I’m been spending an awful lot of time contemplating reader/Author interactions. And at the same time, The Boy has been working through the climax of his current novel.
Okay, so as I’ve mentioned before, my boyfriend is a writer. Of fantasy novels. And I edit his work.
( Read more... )