----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Just got my new Norton Anthology of Am. Lit. in the mail, 4th Edition, Vol. 2, and noticed right away the inclusion of Mamet's screenplay "House of Games." The write-up on the back mentions it as an "increasingly important literary form." Been asking around the Swedish and English departments here at the U of Karlstad if anyone has even heard of anyone anywhere using a screenplay as a literary source in a non film/theatre studies classroom, and I've yet to find an affirmative. Naturally, everyone agrees that the use of a dramtic text (stage) in literary studies is ancient and respectable. No one I've talked to so far wants to fight it, afterall, these are the days of the all-embracing canon restructuring, but most seem hesitant as well. These are the types of replies so far: "But screenplays are not meant to be read," "Isn't there a lot of camera techno-babble?" "I suppose this is another specialty arena we now have to consider including," and "But how can you separate production from text?" Most have never read a published screenplay, not even a Bergman. I'd like to hear from anyone out there with knowledge and/or experience of the screenplay as a literary text. Can anyone suggest books or articles that pick up the issue? Marcus Richey [log in to unmask] University of Karlstad, Sweden English, American Studies