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| Author: | WideOpenandRed [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | M.I.T Language Riots of 1996 |
Does anyone else want to learn more about this? I am fascinated by this idea. Oh, I have re-read J.O.I's filmography. I see some parellels between scenes in the book with his movies. I get the feeling I am reading about watching his films. |
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| Author: | storm [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M.I.T Language Riots of 1996 |
My book has the riots as being in 1997. Anyway, it's supposedly a reference (or intertextual joke, call it what you will) to a book called Ratner's Star by Don DeLillo. The riots happen in that book. |
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| Author: | WideOpenandRed [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M.I.T Language Riots of 1996 |
cool! thanks for the clarification! |
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| Author: | crysb [ Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M.I.T Language Riots of 1996 |
| Author: | ontoursecretly [ Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M.I.T Language Riots of 1996 |
I don't want to read DeLillo. He's so male. Let's just actually throw a language riot at MIT. Spring break maybe? I'll get some UC Santa Cruz Linguistics grad students to come, they're c-r-a-z-y! It'll be great. |
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| Author: | EJSIV [ Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M.I.T Language Riots of 1996 |
There's really not that much info about the Riots in Ratner's Star. If I remember correctly, they're actually referred to in RS as the MIT Grammar (not Language) Riots, and they're just referred to in passing. It's towards the beginning of the book, if you're looking for it. Definitely check it out: Ratner's is one of DeLillo's most interesting books. So Weird. |
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| Author: | gerryblog [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: M.I.T Language Riots of 1996 |
I put up a longish post on this topic on my blog, not just laying out the reference but also talking about how it relates to what DFW has to say about addiction: http://gerrycanavan.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... smart.html |
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