Re: cogito air go some
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 21:05:16 -0500 (EST)
Yes, you don't need to read criticism to understand (to a degree) and
appreciate literature or art or theater or Whatever.... Yes, you can
even have an opinion about it.
But maybe the instructor had a different idea of the purpose of the
course and it's material than you, eh?
:)
Jim
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:08:12 +1100 Camille Scaysbrook
<verona_beach@geocities.com> writes:
>
>Matt Kozusko wrote:
>> I think Jim's point was simply that a person should understand the
>ideas
>> or opinions he is responding to before he undertakes to critique
>them.
>> For instance, a person taking a course in Derrida should understand
>> whatever part of Derrida is being studied before responding to it.
>
>But that's the point. Ostensibly, the course *wasn't* about Derrida.
>It was
>supposed to be about Dadaism and Surrealism and a lot of other art
>movements I was interested in for the paintings themselves, not what
>was
>said about them. Naturally criticism is an integral part of art study,
>but
>it shouldn't be 100%. And I reiterate my position that you don't need
>to
>have read up on the criticism to interpret and appreciate a work of
>art -
>be it a book or a painting or whatever.
>
>
>
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