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the (fe)male hand (was Re: momma)
hey eric and list :)
i'll preface my literary experience by saying i've
probably read more in spanish than in english so i
can't make generalizations about british or american
lit very easily. i'll also mention that there are
many women writing today who declare there is no
difference in their writing voice than in a man's. my
jury is out on that one (and particularly on their
work).
eric said:
women can't see to write process-flow novels as
effectively as men (gloria naylor is the big exception
that comes to my mind)?
-->that might be...but i never saw the linear process
as a question of flow. a lot of it was the manner in
which things are viewed. we often align maturity with
going from yourself outward, and that's what i'm
thinking about so i can see where you're going with
that idea.
speaking of jung, it's like the spiriling downward
with ego and shadow. with that theory, eventually you
deal with the problems of the entire universe, after
tackling yours, your family's, your friends', your
town's etc.
EG:
female novelists are less
likely to write in circularity, more toward linearity?
JM-->actually, i'd reverse that. but first, i'd say
that i don't think there's a graduated process from
circular narrative to linear, fwiw. the circular is
more frequent in the women's work i've read...but also
in a lot of eastern, indigenous origins too. it's
that all-too-popular dichotomy of man/woman,
subject/object, west/east, self/subaltern(other).
EG:
the text is itself the identity for male novelists,
while character/identity/identification is more
primary for female novelists?
JM-->huh? :)
EG:
female novelists, to me, tend not to fall over
themselves "engaging the reader," which can be a very
good thing a lot of the time, although i love a good
postmodern read too.
JM-->ha! :) i know what you mean. what's funny is
that in puerto rico, the up-and-coming postmodern
writers are women. i _love_ ana lydia vega. she's
hysterical and pretty raw.
have a bookish day,
j. marie
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