Jon,
<jc>
This is exactly how I felt at Sussex University, first when confronted with
the work of Derrida et al and later with difficult literary texts,
particularly Prynne (shortly after leaving uni.). I think it probably helped
that one of my lecturers was Drew Milne (although most of my other lecturers
were excellent in this regard as well), although I managed to skip the
seminar on Prynne, John Wilkinson and Denise Riley - imagine how pissed off
I was when I realised what I had missed! I have always had something of a
modernist bent though. I've always felt i was lucky to have had a high
calibre group of tutors at university who were questing and radical - and
before that at Ruskin College as well, in the form of Steven Regan.
</jc>
That sounds great - I'm happy for you! But do you think this happens only to
a minority of eng. lit. students? And to a minority of those who will then
go on to do reasearch or be writers?
Best Regards,
Alexis Kirke
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