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- From: bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale)
- Subject: Re: Point of view (was Genre)
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 11:50:16 GMT
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- References: <1992Jul20.174401.8505@thinkage.on.ca> <1992Jul16.132209.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au> <1992Jul16.215823.8337@nwnexus.WA.COM> <23867@castle.ed.ac.uk>
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- In a previous article, jim@thinkage.on.ca (James Alan Gardner) says:
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- >Readers tend to center themselves in the viewpoint character.
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- >As for the question of whether men have trouble with female
- >viewpoint characters or vice versa...I think people can accept
- >any viewpoint character until the character deviates strongly
- >from their own "world".
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- A good posting, from which I have quoted only a few lines.
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- I don't think the situation is symmetrical for men and women. I think
- women have an easier time identifying with men than vice versa, since we
- live in a world in which "male" tends to equate with "human".
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- Not that this is a reason not to use female POV!
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- Indeed, those men who assume male viewpoint may find themselves soon
- outnumbered by the kids growing up, who are used to female viewpoint. They
- used to say boys wouldn't read books with a girl main character, but more
- and more boys seem to be reading _A Wrinkle In Time_ and other female POV books.
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- Bonita Kale
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