Anyway, what I was going to sorta dig into, is the idea that, something that one can use, to look at works of genre and see how that piece is one that transcends the usual, is by means of part of your own process.
A work of what seems, readerly fiction, by knowing the cultural/symbolic underlayings of what the author was adding or living, suddenly, the work has much more meaning and is actually, writerly fiction.
One can read say, a Neil Gaiman book, or even a Jasper Fford book and enjoy it. If one reads the books and knows what myths, novels, persons, symbolism the author is culling from, then, the work takes on much deeper, more nuanced meanings. Those readers, are getting more in touch with, imho, author intent (by that, I am taking to the idea that if they hadn't intended people to look deeper, they wouldn't have bothered to add those things in to begin with). P.D. James, John le Carre, are two more genre writers that are so lush, so nuanced in what they craft, that a more savvy reader, is going to be looking at a much deeper work, than someone who is not paying attention.
Which rolls back around, to Author Responsibility. The meat of the work and how they set out to connect the winding paths of their story, to lead to reader to the end place they hope for.
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Date: 5 Dec 2008 11:11 pm (UTC)Anyway, what I was going to sorta dig into, is the idea that, something that one can use, to look at works of genre and see how that piece is one that transcends the usual, is by means of part of your own process.
A work of what seems, readerly fiction, by knowing the cultural/symbolic underlayings of what the author was adding or living, suddenly, the work has much more meaning and is actually, writerly fiction.
One can read say, a Neil Gaiman book, or even a Jasper Fford book and enjoy it. If one reads the books and knows what myths, novels, persons, symbolism the author is culling from, then, the work takes on much deeper, more nuanced meanings. Those readers, are getting more in touch with, imho, author intent (by that, I am taking to the idea that if they hadn't intended people to look deeper, they wouldn't have bothered to add those things in to begin with). P.D. James, John le Carre, are two more genre writers that are so lush, so nuanced in what they craft, that a more savvy reader, is going to be looking at a much deeper work, than someone who is not paying attention.
Which rolls back around, to Author Responsibility. The meat of the work and how they set out to connect the winding paths of their story, to lead to reader to the end place they hope for.