[Bananafish] Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome...

[Yocum, Daniel R Civ 21 CES/CEOE]

There are three primary components to Jerome's work; style (including
his innovations), theme, and an element of emotion.  I personally enjoy
all three components in that order but it seems that most fans would put
them in reverse order.  The sure measure of this is how you would rank
his stories.  If you prefer Catcher over the Glass stuff then you are in
the former camp and if you prefer the Glass stuff you are most likely in
the latter camp.

As far as religion, I had some experience and knowledge of Buddhism/Zen
Buddhism prior to my reading of Jerome's universe, but I always thought
that he exhibited a Hindu emphasis rather than an explicit Buddhism.  As
for myself, I am a Bnai Anousim (Bnai Anusim).

I suspect that most committed JDS fans have very few hard and fast
religious commitments.
Daniel 


One thing I'd like to talk about, and I'm sure it's been discussed
before, 
is what other Salinger fans' religious beliefs are.

It was Jerome that prompted me to study Zen Buddhism to my great delight
and 
I wondered if other JD fans had looked into it asa result of their 
fascination with Salinger.

Also, do people believe that you are a certain kind of person if you
rank 
Salinger's writing ahead of anything else?

What I mean is, do people think that it is a certain type of person that
are 
especially moved by Salinger's themes?

I read somewhere that people either 'get' Jd or they don't, and I agree
with 
that wholeheartedly.

For those gifted enough for the former to apply to them I think
Salinger's 
stuff open's up a whole new world and I'm just interested in what it is 
people have in them that makes them understand what Salinger is all
about.

Terry Cordwell






>From: "James Rovira" <jamesrovira at gmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Bananafish] Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome...
>Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:12:08 -0400
>
>Thanks for the update, Cecilia...somehow I like it that Chicago is
>home to you, that you went home.  I have a buddy who was down there
>last weekend for a wedding--he loves it.
>
>I'm teaching in a non-tenure track position at Rollins College in FL.
>English, mostly writing.  It's great, though--full time position, not
>adjuncting, get benefits, etc.  It's a great position for a guy like
>me working away on his dissertation, which is coming along nicely so
>far.  I've written about 120 pages in three months.
>
>oooh, a real announcement to make: my wife is due to have a baby girl
>late October.  That'll make two for us.  We have a boy who'll be three
>in January.
>
>Egad, this IS like coming home from summer vacation. :)
>
>Terry, welcome to the list.  It is just what  you said--just writing
>your ideas about Salinger.  The people who've been on the list for
>years are about all talked out on Salinger and we talk about other
>things most of the time.  But new listmembers often get Salinger
>discussions going again.  So I'd just post away on your ideas.
>
>Jim
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