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By ROBERT GRODY
The novels of spiritual quest are
too important to be ignored if one
is to be truly alive in our time,
Prof. William C. Booth said at
an English department lecture
yesterday.
Prof. Booth from the University
of Chicago said that these novels
have no established name, that the
names that have been applied do
not always correctly describe all
the works in the group: metaphys-
ical, existentialist, philosophical.
He put critics into two groups-
splitters and lumpers. The split-
ters make extra categories where
there are none, and the lumpers
place significant independent cat-
egories into larger and more vague
ones.
Attracts Lumpers
Since this particular group of
novels has attracted large num-
bers of lumpers, Prof. Booth be-
lieved that some splitting was in
order. He then proceeded to elim-
inate the works which did not fit
into the specific category of spiri-
tual quest.
The first group he eliminated
were those novels which, although
there might be some spiritual im-
plications, had no character con-
sciously seeking spiritual satisfac-
tion. Further narrowing reduced
the group to only those novels
whose heroes were involved in a
*quest for maturity and identity, as
James Joyce's "Portrait of the Ar-
tist."
The final reduction was to nov-
els which contain a hero searching
for meaning and identity, not only
for himself but for society. A piece
of this type must not be a religious
work giving pat answers to exist-
ence.
He said that the invasion of
metaphysics into fiction in the last
25 years has been one of the most
important developments of the
period. It is obvious, he noted,
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that there is a definite need for
this type of literature. Men are
at sea in a Philistine world, with
no definite or always acceptable
answers to the perennial questions
of "Who are we?" and "Why are
we here?" he continued.
Pitfalls
Prof. Booth listed several criti-
cal demands and pitfalls. He was
careful to define his term critical.
"Every time I say critic I'm talk-
ing about you," he explained to
the audience.
The first of these was the dan-
ger of the writer over-estimating
his importance. Many times these
novels take on more values than
they are supposed to handle. "Art
is not the only kind of meaning."
The traditional religions and phil-
osophies are ignored. Fiction is not
designed to do what religion and
philosophy are designed to do, and
should not.
Critics who advocate this as-
similating of extra meanings are
just as bad as those who accept
the Bible without question. In or-
der not to be swayed by false
prophets, the reader needs a cer-
tain amount of sophistication.
Another pitfall Prof. Booth cit-
ed was under-rating the need for
craftsmanship. Artistic problems
don't solve themselves no matter
how profound the content of the
novel may be. Some of today's
highly regarded authors have styles
that wouldn't have been third rate
40 years ago.
Novels must not be prejudiced
on the basis of doctrinal accept-
ability. Some semblance of an
open mind must be retained.
Attention also must be paid to
critical lumping and splitting. "We
must keep in mind how we are
grouping and why," he said. Crit-
ics must not fall victim to inaccur-
ate generalizations
Many Demands
There are many formidable de-
mands placed upon the shoulders
of the critic, or reader. He must be
able to judge craft, validity of
ideas, whether or not the ideas
expressed are appropriate for fic-
tion, and if the novel is truly one
of spiritual quest.
The reader must also make a
judgment of the general signifi-
cance of the author. Too many.
modern writers involved in "fic-
tional scripture" take on the air
of omnipotence. Their right to this
glory must be affirmed or denied
by the critical reader.
Prof. Booth concluded that in
general, never has more crafts-
manship and sensitivity been ap-
plied to the narrative arts than in
this specific 'type of novels.
Surroundings
Can Determine
School Habits
Many of our deprived young-
sters come from homes in the1
upper-middle class or high eco-
nomic class but live in "poor"
family surroundings, according to1
Prof. William Morse of the edu-
cation school.
"These children may have fine
clothes and many of the material
necessities of life, but are de-'
prived of love, intellectual stimu-
lation, good nutritional habits,
positive attitudes and other phe-
nomena found in a rich home at-
mosphere," Morse says.
Teachers realize that deprived
youngsters many times do not ad-
just too well to classroom situa-
tions and show, little inclination
to learn, he says.
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spent four years conducting re-
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of them may be poorly qualified.
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the people to improve the status
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of development in a hurry, some-
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