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- From: eoghanni@castle.ed.ac.uk (Eoghann Irving)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Point of view (was Genre)
- Message-ID: <24011@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 13:55:24 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.115016.12904@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
- Organization: Edinburgh University
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- In article <1992Jul21.115016.12904@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale) writes:
- >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>
- >In a previous article, jim@thinkage.on.ca (James Alan Gardner) says:
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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".
-
- >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".
-
- Now I can only speak for myself, but even although I would
- assume a male viewpoint, I have no trouble identifying with a female one
- (at least I haven't so far). I think most of the other people who said
- that they would assume a male viewpoint said the same thing too.
-
- >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.
-
- Hmm, this raises the question, do I assume a male viewpoint
- because I am male, or because it is more common for stories to be
- written from a male viewpoint?
- I am pretty sure that I do it beacsue I am male, I make very few
- assumptions about a story before I have read it. However, my reasons
- alone don't really say very much. So, do women assume a male viewpoint
- as well, or not? Perhaps we could have a poll of some sort.
-
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