Sunday, October 09, 2005

"We can take 'em!"

I read this phrase in one of my theory books today: " a pathetic defense of tiny fiefdoms."

Those words made sense to me within the context of hegemony and discourse about which I had been reading, but I couldn't help but picture the Lilliputians defending their castles in a naive display of bravery against skilled giants who squash them upon arrival.

"Run away, stupid little people! What a pathetic defense of your tiny fiefdoms!"

Yeah. That's more fun.

4 comments:

jm said...

Fiefdoms - Makes me think of Smurfs. What a smurfy fiefdom! I saw a red and white toadstool in the bog the other day - have been thinking about Smurfs ever since.

aemelia said...

That's a smurfy idea. I'm gonna go smurf.

LH said...

i love the smurfs too.
they're so smurferific.
i'm wondering why they don't mention the smurfs in that smurferetical book of yours.

Anonymous said...

Literary theorists are just not smurfy. I plan to change all of that. One smurf at a time.