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“The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known. The technique of art is to make objects
"unfamiliar," to make forms difficult, to increase the difficulty and length of perception because the process of perception is an aesthetic end in itself and must be prolonged” (page 18)
Yes, it’s very pretentious, but it is one of the few things that made sense
— Sep 01, 2024 07:50PM
"unfamiliar," to make forms difficult, to increase the difficulty and length of perception because the process of perception is an aesthetic end in itself and must be prolonged” (page 18)
Yes, it’s very pretentious, but it is one of the few things that made sense
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Nitya Budamagunta
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This feels like I’m bludgeoning my head with a large rock
— Dec 05, 2024 01:06PM
Nitya Budamagunta
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I want to drop kick this book for the number of times I reread a passage and went “wHaT doEs ThIs eVeN MeAN.”
— Nov 20, 2024 03:09PM
Nitya Budamagunta
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Starting structuralism and linguistics!!!
— Sep 05, 2024 07:41PM
Nitya Budamagunta
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We are fine with part 1 of 10! Let’s go!
— Sep 01, 2024 09:54PM
Nitya Budamagunta
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Skipping the language as paradox chapter because it’s about poetry, and I don’t have time for that
— Sep 01, 2024 09:54PM
Nitya Budamagunta
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“Formalist critiques” was an interesting chapter. Basically, from what I’m understanding, the formalist theory basically says look at technique and the way the prose is preteen for analysts, and detach it from the author and the audience. Basically, look at as its own thing without touching on the people interacting with it.
The critique is that author and audience matter.
— Sep 01, 2024 09:53PM
The critique is that author and audience matter.
Nitya Budamagunta
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I’m also mostly skipping “Rabelais and his work”
— Sep 01, 2024 09:43PM
Nitya Budamagunta
is on page 44 of 1336
I am not reading “discourse of a novel” because everything in this section is so ~airy~ and intangible and I just don’t care enough. Maybe I’ll go back to it. We’ll see
— Sep 01, 2024 08:32PM
Nitya Budamagunta
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Slightly disappointed in “morphology of folktales.” Basically boils down to folk/fairytalks have the same structures
— Sep 01, 2024 08:05PM
