>Within this process, readers sometimes identify with the goals of >characters who may be in many or all external respects (age, race, gender, >class etc.) dissimilar to themselves. But the goals with which they >identify-escaping death, finding a mate, achieving personal fulfilment-are >almost always ones shared by the reader in that they reflect rational >self-interest. The effect of identifying with the goals of protagonists on >the basis of self-interest is that the act of reading becomes an attempt >to succeed in the same objectives that the reader pursues in everyday >life. Indeed, success in the act of reading may actually serve to >compensate the reader for their relative inability to realize those same >objectives in their own lives. Hence perhaps the apparent paradox >generated by Nietzsche's popularity amongst disadvantaged groups he went >out of his way to denigrate. They, too, are reading for victory, >struggling to wrest success from the text by making themselves the heroes >of Nietzsche's narrative
^^^^^^^ CB: N the original and abstract Walter J. Mitty. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
