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- From: johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (John J Humpal)
- Subject: 1st person assumptions (Was Re: Genre)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.162407.10937@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- References: <1992Jul16.132209.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au> <BrHJ2v.9Dw@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:24:07 GMT
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- In article <BrHJ2v.9Dw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mtan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Maureen Tan) writes:
- > [...]
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- >Question for the group re: lst person: Do you think men have a more
- >difficult time accepting a lst-person female point of view than women
- >have accepting a male p.o.v.? When you read first person narrative,
- >do you assume a male voice until you're told otherwise?
- >
- >Maureen (a.k.a. Jane)
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- I can only speak for myself, but I have no problem accepting
- a female 1st-person p.o.v. I confess that unless the p.o.v. is specified
- I assume it's that of a man. Whether that's sexist, or just plain old
- human egocentrism I'm afraid I can't answer. I suspect the most interesting
- responses will come from women readers. That is, do women also automatically
- assume a male p.o.v. when given no further information.
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- -John
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- John J. Humpal -- johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu -- short .sig, std. disclaimer
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