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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> P
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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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