I like critical theory for a variety of reasons, but I think Delaney and Eco are both able to translate it really well into fiction, which theorists themselves aren't really able to do, perhaps by definition.
Of course, one of the reasons I like critical theory, I think, is because I read Neveryóna and the rest of the Neverÿon books at a very impressionable age, before I really understood what Delaney was doing. I still remember reading the back matter of Neveryóna and being blown away by his working definition of patriarchy.
But yeah, I definitely wouldn't have liked this book half as much if I didn't, with time and training, have the tools to spot and understand what he's doing in it.
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Re: Who needs (or wants?) critical theory!
Date: 2010-12-03 08:00 (UTC)Of course, one of the reasons I like critical theory, I think, is because I read Neveryóna and the rest of the Neverÿon books at a very impressionable age, before I really understood what Delaney was doing. I still remember reading the back matter of Neveryóna and being blown away by his working definition of patriarchy.
But yeah, I definitely wouldn't have liked this book half as much if I didn't, with time and training, have the tools to spot and understand what he's doing in it.