> And I (also) say "Why English", why not World Literature or something > more expansive... and for the benefit of the women on this list... why > do we (mostly) read the words of "dead white men"? Really? Without > going all feminist, I'd really like to have more submissions here of > women writers. Until 30 years ago, there weren't that many published...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, early 1800s, is a great book. Is it literature? I'm not qualified to say, but it's a fantastic story with beautiful writing. The male dominated Western educational experience is what most of us have had. It's all we know, until we jump to other pools of thought and nonconform to the establishment that nurtured (controlled?) us in the tender years. Likewise, I am keenly aware as well that we are largely reading only in Western European and American works. Can any folks on this list who were raised outside this tradition, weigh in? Additionally, I appreciated the sci-fi variant, and would be interested in a fairy tale variant. I've read wonderful tales in the German and Norse traditions, and once found a delightful book of Tolstoy fairy tales. I know nothing of Eastern ones, among others, and would like to remedy this if someone has suggestions along these lines. Leigh ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
