Monday, October 20, 2008

Conjunctionitis

An exam question set by Vladimir Nabokov when he was a college tutor in the 1950s, quoted by Martin Amis:

"Discuss Flaubert's use of the word 'and'."
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6 comments:

  1. Fat Roland20/10/08 1:00 pm

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  2. Fat Roland20/10/08 1:02 pm

    ...and?

    (Second attempt at commenting. Must try not to hit the bin icon this time.)

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  3. Rog20/10/08 1:07 pm

    Nabokov was well known for his own wandering 'and.

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  4. Anonymous20/10/08 10:28 pm

    Once again I'm convinced that Nabokov is either an genius or smirking at us all behind his index cards.

    For some reason Flaubert is an inspired choice for this question.

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  5. Mapeel21/10/08 3:41 am

    Ah, but wouldn't that be "et"? Changes the whole assignment, I'd say.

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  6. Tim F21/10/08 7:50 am

    FR: ...or?

    Murph: And he couldn't keep his butterflies closed.

    Billy: Both, I reckon.

    Mrs Peel: Yes, I thought that. Maybe it's a trick question.

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