Thanks-- the Ogden Nash story was delightful, and there's a parallel in sf in A Midsummer's Tempest with science fictional protocols applied to Shakespeare.
However, I think that what's meant by reading protocols is a subset of what I have in mind. For example, the amount of fear in The Hobbit became more vivid to me after I'd had a middling injury, and Aragorn's sense of responsibility showed up strongly after I'd become an adult.
My impression is that reading protocols come from genres.
Exposure to theories (say, Freud or Campbell) can cause patterns in fiction to just pop out.
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Date: 2012-10-21 04:02 am (UTC)However, I think that what's meant by reading protocols is a subset of what I have in mind. For example, the amount of fear in The Hobbit became more vivid to me after I'd had a middling injury, and Aragorn's sense of responsibility showed up strongly after I'd become an adult.
My impression is that reading protocols come from genres.
Exposure to theories (say, Freud or Campbell) can cause patterns in fiction to just pop out.