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"Discussion of O'Brien's work in Ireland has always been a critical minefield, and facts are often joyfully abandoned in order to cultishly defend and propagate the rogueish Mylesian myth."
It's turtles all the way sideways with this Myles character.
—Myles
— Aug 10, 2025 08:26AM
It's turtles all the way sideways with this Myles character.
—Myles
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“All fictional characters suffer from this type of ‘brain damage’ [aphasia], as they are programmed within a text to obey the dictates of their author-god.”
— Jul 22, 2025 11:56AM
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“The world of all fiction is a chaotic carnival, but metafiction exposes this essential chaos by stripping away the false veneer of respectability normally imposed by realist structures.
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Polyphony is a feature of all discourse, although ‘realist’ texts usually endeavour to suppress or disguise it by projecting a linear, unified world that is intended to be read monologically.”
— Jul 22, 2025 11:43AM
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Polyphony is a feature of all discourse, although ‘realist’ texts usually endeavour to suppress or disguise it by projecting a linear, unified world that is intended to be read monologically.”
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"As an artistic ideal realism is an utterly unrealistic venture."
"as Boris Tomaskevskij wrote, 'It is sometimes difficult to decide whether literature recreates phenomena from life or whether... the phenomena of life are the result of the penetration of literary clichés into reality.'"
— May 05, 2025 08:32AM
"as Boris Tomaskevskij wrote, 'It is sometimes difficult to decide whether literature recreates phenomena from life or whether... the phenomena of life are the result of the penetration of literary clichés into reality.'"
