Re: The temptation of Don Quixote. -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 19:31:51 01/20/08 Sun
Author: Erin Risch
Subject: Re: The temptation of Don Quixote.
In reply to: j.jackson 's message, "The temptation of Don Quixote." on 07:09:42 01/18/08 Fri

I liked what Girard said in the introduction to To Double Business Bound: "We have more to learn from [the great literary texts] than they have to learn from us." Is it possible that this belief also has implications that effect Girard's explanation in "'Triangular' Desire" that his is not a mechanical model, but rather an attempt to render intelligible the "mystery transparent yet opaque"? Girard says that the "great writers apprehend intuitively and concretely" this great truth about human nature, and that he is trying to come up with a system that will embrace and make articulate "literary substance." I assume that when Girard takes his literary theory and applies it to anthropology, this is only another indication that art imitates life. So, in analyzing art/literature, we are also analyzing ourselves as human beings.

I also like his comment, on p. 3 of "'Triangular' Desire" . . . "Everything else has already been done." :)

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Re: The temptation of Don Quixote. -- Kiernan, 07:29:33 01/21/08 Mon