Matthew Francis wrote:
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> Barthes wasn't really talking about stories like _Terminator_ (which I love,
> by the way, and the sequel even more so) - by adventure, he means the voyage
> to unknown places etc, where the struggle is against natural danger rather
> than human or technological. His example is Jules Verne, but it fits
> Melville equally well. And of course it also fits desert island stories,
> from _Robinson Crusoe_ to the current reality TV shows like _Survivor_.
Pologies Matt
Havent had chance to read this particular text yet so
shouldnt really be commenting. What I was thinking after I
wrote this was about primary sources in general. A scientist
makes a discovery such as Darwin's Origin and is cited as a
primary source, fair enuf, its something new. Joe Blow
academic states the obvious and is forevermore cited as a
primary source. Something wrong there. I was thinking that B
was stating the obvious.
> Don't tell me you never had any desert island fantasies, Josephine?
Never really had any need - living in paradise an all. Check
out the treehouse
http://www.acay.com.au/~severn/dalwood.htm
My next door neighbour here (and my 'adopted mum' was the
mother of Australian poet Vicki Vidikas and the place was
the subject of some of her poems.
I dont live there anymore but pearl beach is just as yummy
josephine
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