01-05-2012, 03:39 PM
"It seems as if you've brought your own ideological ethics to the table.
Criticizing art's effect on society is as valid as any of the other aesthetics."
I said, "These schools had a ready made ideology they brought to the table against which to measure the poem,"
Can you p[lase tell me where in my statement I said anything about "Criticizing art's effect on society is as valid as any of the other aesthetics.""
I don't mind debating a topic, but I will not if you are going to say I said something which I didn't and then criticize me for it. Do you know what I am referring to when I say "schools of literary criticism"?
What I was talking about had nothing to do with whether they criticized art's effect on society, in fact a number of these schools did not do that, one of the one's I mentioned did not: Darwinism. Feminism was more concerned with the idea of how women are presented in literature, especially as it relates to the idea of the other. I personally think feminism had valid points, the problem is that not all literature has a gender focus or bias, and often times, even when it does it is not really germane to the work.
Also, just to note, the term aesthetics is singular. There is no plural term for these is only one. There are not other "aesthetics". Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the "nature of art and with judgments concerning beauty."
Dale
Criticizing art's effect on society is as valid as any of the other aesthetics."
I said, "These schools had a ready made ideology they brought to the table against which to measure the poem,"
Can you p[lase tell me where in my statement I said anything about "Criticizing art's effect on society is as valid as any of the other aesthetics.""
I don't mind debating a topic, but I will not if you are going to say I said something which I didn't and then criticize me for it. Do you know what I am referring to when I say "schools of literary criticism"?
What I was talking about had nothing to do with whether they criticized art's effect on society, in fact a number of these schools did not do that, one of the one's I mentioned did not: Darwinism. Feminism was more concerned with the idea of how women are presented in literature, especially as it relates to the idea of the other. I personally think feminism had valid points, the problem is that not all literature has a gender focus or bias, and often times, even when it does it is not really germane to the work.
Also, just to note, the term aesthetics is singular. There is no plural term for these is only one. There are not other "aesthetics". Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the "nature of art and with judgments concerning beauty."
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.