Friday, July 4, 2008

intermezzo-" The linguistic war between men and women"

Anaïs writes in her diary:“I am no Mrs. Dalloway for sure” smiled bitterly Annamari”. A woman’s language, “smiled bitterly”:
women in novels are too
controlled by the adverb

So notices Ondaatje in “The linguistic war between men and women”.
Men never trail away
They sweat adjective
.”
he said with a decisive gesture.

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