tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post664375615403841789..comments2024-02-24T20:29:17.083-05:00Comments on MINDFUL PLEASURES: THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM by David Foster WallaceBRIAN OARDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695622618831825498noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post-27775712766947097562014-07-05T11:48:24.390-04:002014-07-05T11:48:24.390-04:00I liked the nonchalant witty tone of your review, ...I liked the nonchalant witty tone of your review, but I must admit, I think you miss the point. Your view of the narrative is too teleological here - you're looking for something that wasn't there yet, that wasn't necessary yet when the novel was written (digressive deconstruction of the narrative & such). 'The broom of the system' is a coherently designed critique of language and an amazingly funny deconstruction of psychology as made up of language - much in the manner of a (even-)more-radical-Svevo - it's the DFW prosecution of modernist novel much more than a staggering attempt at a Fully Post-modern Novel still on its way (whatever the label may mean)from how I see it. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806461727748486670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post-23045968310140947302011-04-24T07:05:30.123-04:002011-04-24T07:05:30.123-04:00Thanks for your response, I´ll check them!Thanks for your response, I´ll check them!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416503584521343215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post-50819331046278501792011-04-23T20:30:32.129-04:002011-04-23T20:30:32.129-04:00Ditto for "Keep it up!" A most stimulat...Ditto for "Keep it up!" A most stimulating and illuminating series of essays.jandhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249632832796512641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post-64370065317638778732011-04-23T17:42:37.069-04:002011-04-23T17:42:37.069-04:00Maria,
I would suggest the chapter on "New C...Maria,<br /><br />I would suggest the chapter on "New Criticism" in Lois Tyson's textbook <i>Critical Theory Today</i>. It provides a concise overview and an exemplary New Critical essay on <i>The Great Gatsby</i>. (The whole book follows this format for the range of critical schools, from Marxist and Psychoanalytic to Postcolonial and Deconstructionist.) Also, if you haven't yet read it, Cleanth Brooks's <i>The Well-Wrought Urn</i>, is probably the best single primer for New Criticism.BRIAN OARDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695622618831825498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post-74291229897883394022011-04-23T06:55:24.635-04:002011-04-23T06:55:24.635-04:00Hello, I've been reading some posts of your bl...Hello, I've been reading some posts of your blog and I find it most interesting. Keep it up!. Now, could you recommend me any book about "formalist" approaches to literature. In particular, I'm trying to find a how-to book in which I can find how to read literature from a "New Critical" perspective. Up until now I've only found "the classics": Booth's A Rhetoric of Fiction Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity or Richard's Practical Criticism... What I'm looking for is a more step-by-step guide on "New Criticism". ThanksUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416503584521343215noreply@blogger.com