Word: textuality
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Most of the textual arguments are against Christian theology; as someone who was raised a sort-of Buddhist, I am curious at how Dawkins would take on (and rip apart for that matter) non-Abrahamic religions. The lack of substantial discussion on Eastern religions in “The God Delusion” left me with a feeling of incompleteness...
...skill sets used in each artistic form are different and equally important. The study of literature teaches students to closely read texts and search for sub-literal significance, a critically important skill for any educated person. On the other hand, the study of paintings, music, and other non-textual forms involves the derivation of meaning from entirely non-literal works, which is a very different process from literary analysis, but valuable in its own right nonetheless. More importantly, these creative forms reflect unique ways of understanding and portraying humanity, so directly studying different forms of portrayals...
Most of Harvard is a theme park built for professors and scholars. Students are mere trespassers. But there are some functioning rides, and the freshman week textual discussion is one of them. My discussion group provoked genuine debate; it felt important and gave value to the idea of a liberal arts education. It was among the best I’ve ever had at Harvard. This indicates the quality of that discussion, but it also tells you something of what ails Harvard today...
...movie's patina of textual and textural accuracy comes from voluminous research by the BBC Films team, including interviews with Windsor insiders, a chatty crowd. Elizabeth might be expected to run a tight ship with tight lips; but because royal scandal is a marketable commodity and the tabloid press voracious and rapacious, Buckingham Palace regularly springs more leaks than the Titanic. So you may take it as gossip gospel that Princess Margaret made the ungenerous observation quoted in the film that Diana was even "more irritating dead than alive." Morton also did a lot of asking around, and people answered...
Most Lit and Arts A classes will require you to write a few papers that display some level of proficiency with literary criticism, close reading, and textual analysis. But don’t worry: you probably won’t be up against English or Hist and Lit concentrators who do this kind of thing all the time, and the professors and TFs will (or at least should) provide plenty of guidance for every assignment...