ext_70327 ([identity profile] smarriveurr.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] feuervogel 2009-09-14 07:19 pm (UTC)

AND EVEN THEN I find people will pick up far more meaning from your work than you consciously put in. =p

My parents always used to talk about one English professor at their college who fetishized some author's work, had whole classes devoted to deconstructing the intricate symbolism and themes and the deeper meaning that went into it, etc, etc. Then, one day, he landed the author to come talk at the college, went to pick him up, and said author spend the whole ride to the college, and much of his talk, angrily deriding all the morons out there who kept trying to read all this deep meaning bullshit into his work.

Apparently, the class was not offered the following years.

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