The New York Times is an idiot
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koganbotWilliam Rhoden in the New York Times argues that each generation is getting softer than the last. He says that Eli Manning's inconsistent and apparently unimpassioned play at quarterback, compared to his father Archie Manning's consistent greatness, is due to Eli's not growing up with the hardships that his father experienced.
Rhoden actually makes this argument. In a major newspaper. In the major newspaper. There is no hint of parody, or irony.
Rhoden actually makes this argument. In a major newspaper. In the major newspaper. There is no hint of parody, or irony.
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Date: 2007-12-23 02:01 am (UTC)A friend of mine just recommended Lewis Bagby's article on Mikhail Bakhtin (on his "discourse typologies" focusing on Russian literature) from the early 80s. The main argument (in 20+ pages) seems to be that some literature has not only TEXT but SUBTEXT. And, what's more, sometimes an author might write one thing, but actually mean another.
An actual quote: "In literary dialogue, language occurs first and foremost as an aesthetic fact. Bakhtin's attention fell not on the word in and of itself, but on the word's relation to another word, utterance, context, message, or medium."