Talkin' 'Bout My Genre-ation

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Terence schrieb:

> Thomas Eckhardt wrote:
>
>  This  is to say that matters of genre are not merely an
> abstract  lit crit thing but
> > of vital importance to the actual reading process - although you certainly
> > don't have to know the terms etc.
>
>
> David's point is important. Do you need to know the terms to
> participate here?

I answered that in my post, didn't I?

>
>
> Isn't this (the idea that matters of genre are important to
> the actual reading of and making of fiction) one of the
> targets of TRP's satire?

A rather self-contradictory question, which reflects the paradox inherent in P's
fictions you are getting at with

> Target is  [inside-parody/outside-satire the text] the
> making of fictions that stretches a pornographic veneer over
> the sins of Western civilization.

Thomas