Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 19:38:01 -0800 (PST) From: Ernest Stromberg <els-AT-darkwing.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: Immigrant Travelogues Sorry if i bored you but i hardly see as the claim that there are no fictional texts to be tenable much less new or critically inightful. But i too may be in error On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Antonio L Rappa wrote: > > > this "inversion" of yours merely leads back to the common conventionality > that continues to dominate literature. in other words, it is rather old > hat. alright, i find such explanations boring. but of course i might > be mistaken. > > On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Ernest Stromberg wrote: > > > I actually would describe this inversely: there are no "non-fictional" > > narratives as all narratives rely on metaphor and the imaginative > > techniques of imaginative writing or fiction. This makes all truth claims > > or texts aspiring to the designation "non-fiction" subject to the same > > interpretive claims applied to fiction. > > Ernest > > > > On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Antonio L Rappa wrote: > > > > > One suggestion that might aid, or perhaps subvert, your project at the > > > onset is to realize that there are no fictional texts, all texts are > > > non-fictional. So in this case, Naipaul's An Islamic Journey would be as > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > appropriate as any other travelogue. We do not have to look very hard at > > > the language to see that he distances himself from the local Malaysians by > > > playing the part of a(n English) foreigner. But of course he is not > > > merely playing the part, but living it. > > > > > > With best wishes from Honolulu > > > > > > Antonio Rappa > > > Dept of Political Science > > > University of Hawaii at Manoa > > > > > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > > > > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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