February 15, 2005
a moment
I was browsing the archives of Janus Head and I came across the work of Mathew Ziff:
Mathew Ziff, Square Window
An image is all I have time for. I'm struggling to find the time, space and energy to keep things going. I was going to write a post on the shift from literary and art works to theory, with its concerns about how we read, interpret and understand meaning. Initial concerns about theory and literature sa are expressed by Sophia Masson over at Troppo Armadillo.
Update:17 February
There is more from Sophia Masson here on theory and literature in Australian secondary schools.The humanist approach to literature comes through more strongly, as does the antagonism to theory and aesthetics. Sophia sees theory as 'interpretations' which are basically ideological frameworks that close down all individual response.
There is more on traditional reading of literature plus the usual modernist condescension towards postmodernism (Derrida and Foucault) over at John Quiggin.