(Explain)
(and to some extent the very text Barthes proposes as a paradigm)
(and Nancy)
a few words about Salammbô (Plot)
most difficult to talk about: no perspective
no translation
Flaubert on pedestal/statue: why invent a character who is inadequate
(v. Kant): the ornament
* my predilection for marginal texts – I rarely write on the great masterpieces