kerouac says

so, one of the first pieces of academic argot i picked up was the habit of referring to any given written work by the name of its author, preceded by the definite article. i mean, assuming you're in a group of people who are all familiar with the piece. if we're reading something by judith butler, someone will inevitably say, "what i found interesting in the butler was [blah blah yadda my butt whatever]." not so terribly jargony, but a habit i found oddly pleasant; there's something about that the that makes the reading sound like crafted object, something you put under a strong light and then examine from all sides. it's very professory, and i'm certainly not above the pose.

except yesterday Famous PostHumanist used the following subordinate clause in discussion regarding the theorist i posted about earlier:

"reading the weiner, i found . . ."





reading the weiner.



i'm twelve.