The Beauties of PoMo

[LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU]

One thing about PoMo is coming understand (or least misunderstand in a 
structured way) the rhetorical context of the works.  I have heard Gayatri
Spivak speak, formally and informally, on a couple of occasions.  Even
when I have trouble following her, I stand back in admiration at the
force and sheer intelligence embodied there.  The image that comes to mind
is of sparks flying off a grindstone.

On the other hand, I couldn't get a key to reading film crit. Stephen Heath
until I heard him speak.  Then I realized that he writes like he lectures,
which is to repeat everything three times, rephrasing it somewhat each 
time, within a single clause.  It actually makes it easier to take notes
in the lecture hall!  Is that a typical Oxbridgian pedagogical maneuvre,
I wonder?

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)