Word: textuality
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...more that you have to worry about and be responsible for, but that’s also what makes me like it, that you’re called upon to be the captain of the team, to figure out all this dramatic stuff, which requires going through psychological and textual analysis in addition to the design element and the set and the lights. It’s really exciting because you can bring the whole wealth of your experience not just in theatre, but in life to the process, and I feel I can bring more of my life...
...shadowy reputation. In aiming to prove James’ relevance to contemporary Western intellectual culture, Richardson frequently shows the tell-tale symptoms of what we might call “Reckless Allusion Syndrome” (RAS), in which all eras and aspects of knowledge become fair game for a textual shout-out, regardless of any deep affiliation to the subject. Hints that an author may be suffering from RAS include abrupt transitions to fictional works that James could not plausibly have read; one page in the prologue offers up tidy gems from Sartre and the “great Hasidic...
...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...