tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1069910995557818994..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: English Literature Dies at the University of ChicagoStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-83318281746679663762020-10-07T16:20:53.209-07:002020-10-07T16:20:53.209-07:00Yep, the writing was bad, wasn't it. We "...Yep, the writing was bad, wasn't it. We "attend to"? Used incorrectly. And leaving out the "and" toward the end made it awkward.<br /><br />O did the same -- messed up American idioms, in his case, changing the meaningful "line in the sand" to the meaningless "red line," which the corporate media then copied....Then he used "optics" to mean "appearance," and that has now entered the language, as well. And "throw her to the wolves" became "throw her under the bus."<br /><br />Heh. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88587633107131963002020-09-17T05:38:36.523-07:002020-09-17T05:38:36.523-07:00Mister Shakespeare, he dead.Mister Shakespeare, he dead.Dan Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460560553797895958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8071523915108168522020-09-16T00:44:04.951-07:002020-09-16T00:44:04.951-07:00Obviously this did not happen overnight but it is ...Obviously this did not happen overnight but it is nevertheless difficult to wrap my brain around the speed at which all of this is happening. It has the feel of “slowly, slowly and then all at once.”<br /><br />And of course these “literary scholars” will study the “histories, atmospheres, and scenes of anti-Black racism” and will be “committed to the struggle of Black and Indigenous people, and all racialized and dispossessed people, against inequality and brutality.” There is only a small amount of black literature to be studied so they have to fill their days with activism and stirring up strife. <br /><br />I fear for our civilization. Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447566763139743519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-55948578745042171932020-09-15T16:50:12.067-07:002020-09-15T16:50:12.067-07:00I say NO. And I know I am not a lone voice in the ...I say NO. And I know I am not a lone voice in the wilderness. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3359469432244389522020-09-15T11:06:07.058-07:002020-09-15T11:06:07.058-07:00They aren't educated, that went out the window...They aren't educated, that went out the window decades ago. Their papers are all about this or that "gaze." I just tried to read an academic history paper. It was unreadable since every other word was "gaze." There was no gaze in that period of history. People might have been seeing, or looking, but not gazing. Archive.org is my favorite site, I just read source material.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21212932898360461672020-09-15T10:58:26.897-07:002020-09-15T10:58:26.897-07:00They should call it the "Department of POC Sp...They should call it the "Department of POC Spoke Studies Not Open to Whitey So Don't Bother to Apply If You White."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4033968472271595802020-09-15T10:39:16.363-07:002020-09-15T10:39:16.363-07:00Black students can major in "Blacklish"....Black students can major in "Blacklish". Afterwards, they can sue the university for damaging/ruining their future and for taking their money.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21510114336848592042020-09-15T09:12:50.036-07:002020-09-15T09:12:50.036-07:00The good news is the lovers of wisdom are going to...The good news is the lovers of wisdom are going to get back their philosophers from the place that hates wisdom. Finally, the university concedes that it hates Western Civilization and can be rid of it. It is the place of all error and all evil.<br /><br />I would very much like to discuss Faust. Pecan pie and Faust is even better. I propose that God and the Devil have been in cahoots since the beginning, ask Mr. Gurdjieff, he'll tell you. Cahoots. Giordano Brunonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22202255991492170862020-09-15T07:26:42.454-07:002020-09-15T07:26:42.454-07:00The "illiterati do not know how to use the wo...The "illiterati do not know how to use the word 'capacious' in a sentence."<br /><br />And I thought they merely misspelled "capricious".trigger warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36319496318352167852020-09-15T06:03:13.727-07:002020-09-15T06:03:13.727-07:00For the 2020-2021 graduate admissions cycle, the U...<i>For the 2020-2021 graduate admissions cycle, the University of Chicago English Department is accepting only applicants interested in working in and with Black Studies. We understand Black Studies to be a capacious intellectual project that spans a variety of methodological approaches, fields, geographical areas, languages, and time periods.</i><br /> <br />Medical problems forced me into an early retirement several years ago. I considered going to the nearby university to earn a degree in English Literature. I discovered that, while Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Twain still had a place, now there was also modern black fiction, and feminist writers and perspectives.<br /> <br />Most of these were simply unreadable, or were largely obscenities. I learned to bake cakes and pecan pies instead. Far more people ask me to bring chocolate cake to a dinner than to discuss <i><b>Faust</b></i>.urbane legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699110758399432397noreply@blogger.com