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"In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning. Words like romantic, plastic, values, human, dead, sentimental, natural, vitality, as used in art criticism, are strictly meaningless, in the sense that they not only do not
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Literature is not merely the study of words or writing, but a review and survey of the literary works definitive of a particular time-period, its historical context and social mores. In other words, we learn more about something (a culture, a civilisation, an extended period of time where everyone is thinking the same bloody thing or not) through its written works.
It kinda makes us a hybrid of sociologist, psychologist, philosopher and even historian. :)
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Yup, I know what you mean. Its that mix + my aspiration to be a playwright, that drove me to take lit I guess! Hopefully I won't regret it...
Anyway, I picked this excerpt because I am a strong believer in writing with clarity and without all the pretentious diction. I mean there's a difference between being nuanced in your writing and just picking out vague phrases or words to include in your writing. I think you wrote in one of your entries.. something about the use of the phrase "carpe diem"? Similar idea I guess, just in the context of art appreciation and lit criticism :)That being said, I'm still trying very hard to reach that kind of level in my own writing! Still very very far...
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haha. emerson is such a good example of what i'm talking about!
"Words and deeds are quite indifferent modes of the divine energy"???
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"I am a strong believer in writing with clarity and without all the pretentious diction. I mean there's a difference between being nuanced in your writing and just picking out vague phrases or words to include in your writing."
i totally agree. and emerson is the epitome of this retardation hahaha. though i actually did quite like Self-Reliance. But The poet is bleah. it is true that some ppl like using high-flying ideals like "carpe diem" but sadly their understanding of it is either limited, or that they construe its meaning to fit his/her personal set of belief (or lack of heh).
it's almost like those fundamentalists u noe, who used religion as a tool to advance their cause.
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