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Tuesday 25 January 2011

Authorial intent

The students were meeting the author.

Finally, they’d get the chance to ask him about the infamous foetus metaphor; the one their teacher had talked about at such length.

Giles asked him, outlining a few of the possibilities they’d discussed.

The author stared blankly.

“I just thought it sounded good.”

1 comment:

  1. Based on a true story, this one, but also sums up my feelings towards my degree at the moment.

    I mean, is the wand in harry potter really a phallus? Is peter pan really about Oedipus complexes?...

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