why is the object of our study, as literary scholars, not primarily literature, and why has the object come to be so limited to "cultural beliefs"? I would be most grateful for a dialogue on the object. best to all, Dr. Shirley Sharon-Zisser >I think the object of our study, as literary scholars, is that cultural >belief, and the specific texts, both literary and non-literary, that go >into it or flow from it. > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%