The most compelling novels give us a novel perspective in a way that enables us to experience the novel point of view.
Particularly in college I was enthralled in identifying with such characters as Stephen Dedalus in Joyce's Ulysses, Harry Haller, in Hesse's Steppenwolf, "Life's delicate child" in Mann's The Magic Mountain, etc. In so doing I was able to push my experiential boundaries and test out alternative view life perspectives. What a grand experience. -----Original Message----- From: Molly <[email protected]> To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 9:02 pm Subject: [Mind's Eye] what will happen if literature fades away? "If the novel goes the way of live theater – a medium appealing to nly a small, relatively rarefied segment of the population – what, if nything, will be lost? What can a novel do for us that other art orms can’t?” http://siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/encountering-the-other-how-literature-will-save-the-world/ What do you think? -- ou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Minds Eye"" group. o post to this group, send email to [email protected]. o unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. or more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
