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Know the Place.... eventually.: Poetry or Poet... Who's at the Top???
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Poetry or Poet. Who's at the Top? Can one be said to be more "optimistic" than the other in regards to the human race? Shelley, in contrast, places his confidence not in the ability of the Man to make good Poetry, but in the ultimate ability of Poetry to improve Man. Or, do I believe that "Poetry" is a gift from God (possibly using anyone. As a conduit) which has the ability to "improve" us, bringing us closer to that perfect image we once reflected so accurately? I don't know. I believe fiercely in ...
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Know the Place.... eventually.: February 2008
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Bits and Bobs. flotsam of an hours thinking. Browsing my classmates' blogs was a helpful step in arriving at this conclusion. Thank you. :]. So what did I read today? Wimsatt and Beardsley. I loved their direct, no-nonsense approach to correcting what they see as significant errors in approaches to literary criticism. And besides that, they make sense! It really does seem silly to blur the realms of meaning and effectiveness. Some particularly lucid statements I enjoyed include:. A few pages later, anoth...
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Know the Place.... eventually.
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I wonder what the fact that I am more fascinated by the world-views of Emerson and Shelley as revealed in their theorizing than in the actual theories says about me.perhaps that I'm in the wrong major? Too late to change so I suppose I shall just have to forcibly direct my attention to the concerns at hand: namely, this theory stuff, seeming, at the moment, to be an endless series of questions [thus the blog title]. And "What is 'literature'? Clearly, discussions of origins, roles, etc. must not allo...
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English to Gikuyu and Back Again | Awritingreader's Weblog
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English to Gikuyu and Back Again. April 22, 2008, 6:28 pm. Today in class, while discussing Ngugi and his proposal to abolish the English department, I brought up the question as to whether or not Ngugi’s flip-flopper attitude regarding politics and social stances affects the validity of his arguments. In particular, I’m thinking about his decision to exclusively write. Devil on the Cross. Leave a Comment so far. Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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April | 2008 | Awritingreader's Weblog
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He’s Got the Whole World. April 24, 2008, 8:54 pm. Calls for the abolition of the English department based primarily on the conclusion that Eurocentrism and Western emphasis is largely a phantom “truth”. Ngugi. States, “ Underlying the suggestions is a basic assumption that the English tradition and the emergence of the modern west is the central of our consciousness and cultural heritage. Africa becomes an extension of the west. While I originally found myself championing alongside Ngugi’s. Furthermore,...
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Voir Savoir | Awritingreader's Weblog
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April 2, 2008, 2:38 pm. I recently planned a trip to go to Philadelphia with my roommate and visit the Museum of Art. She politely offered her car as the means of transportation because she knew that I badly wanted to go, but had no economical and time efficient way to make it happen. I was excited to go because it is one of the only Frida Kahlo. Hours, we strolled through over 40 of the artist’s paintings. We eventually got separated from one another (as always seems to happen at museums) and ...8221; (...
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The Edge of Aesthetics | Awritingreader's Weblog
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The Edge of Aesthetics. March 28, 2008, 12:25 pm. Does the intellectual’s desire to “ stay ahead of the crowd. 8221; particularly regarding taste and aesthetic judgment signify an embedded cultural bias/tendency/habit/necessity(? To elevate the intellectual? Or, is elevating the intellectual a symptom of our aesthetic judgment? That sharing experience is the ultimate aim of communication, then at its basic level, every conversationalist is an “ intellectual. Leave a Comment so far. Enter your comment here.
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Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin | Awritingreader's Weblog
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Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin. March 27, 2008, 2:33 pm. What is a Classic? Perhaps not necessarily surprising, Ohmann’s definition doesn’t look entirely different from mine, although he might leave out any mention of an intrinsic value and stick to societal control in naming. Updike’s novels, so long as he takes them seriously enough to argue with his peers about them” really intrigues me (1887). Leave a Comment so far. Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
