Was Paul M's Eagleton tidbit on THE UNCONSCIOUS

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 22:28:25 CDT 2012


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> The Eagleton book is The Event of Literature.  The chapter I was
> discussing is entitled Stategy, which according to Eagleton comes from
> Burke, who saw  human communication as a form of action.  Dramatism.
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> On Mark's comments, for me the sure sign of real literature is
> originality.  The presentation of non conventional values is ipso facto
> originality.   Values can be expressed in a million ways.  Where does this
> expression come from--from the writer's unconscious.  More generally from
> all that is hidden from normal view. Nothing is new under the sun.  But
> much is hidden.
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Unconscious, originality, non-conventional, imagination.  Mostly good.

Demented & devious, tortured, damaged, and bewildered.  Good or Bad?

All Good.
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