>From: Alexis Kirke <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Alexis Kirke <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: Lurking [was A Message from Lurkio ] and Stupidity (two subje
>cts)
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:58:16 +0100
>
>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
Alexis,
Yes, I do think it's a pretty minority experience. As I said, I tend to
think that I was lucky, not only in my choice of univeristy but also with
the lecturers that I happened to get within that institution. Although I do
know of others who've had somewhat similar experiences, at Kings College in
particular I think.
Jon
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