In George Will's article "literary politics", he talks about a woman by the name of Carol Lannone and how she was turned away the NEH(National Endowment for the Humanities) advisory board. George Will often takes the role as the politician in a sense. Will says, "as esthetic judgments are politicized, political judgments are estheticized: the striking of poses and the enjoyment of catharsis are central in the theater of victimization in academic life." George is ultimately trying to attack critical thinking gesturing that there is no need for it when you have political reference to different texts. Also Will debates on trying to preserve Shakespeare's works and not letting different professors of literature destroying the image Shakespeare was attempting to create by stating "it is a symbolic issue such as imperialism." Greenblatt says it is " collective amnesia and deculturation." Greenblatt on the other hand says its impossible to understand Shakespeare without mentally grappling with it and try to critical think and understand and formulate ideas. studying both sides of this argument i have sided with George Will in the fact that he is attempting to preserve they teachings of Shakespeare works and upholding the image Shakespeare wanted.
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ReplyDeleteI think you had an overall understanding of the article given to us and you had good points with how you responded by saying, "I have sided with George Will in the fact that he is attempting to preserve they teachings of Shakespeare works and upholding the image Shakespeare wanted." I do not think that people should try to take an original work of art and try to fit in the the mold of modern society. Literature is very diverse and that is the way it has always been and it should be kept that way. I do think that you could have had more commentary with your quotes and not just have stated a lot of the facts. Good job!