http://www.durham21.co.uk/2008/02/are-literary-theories-pliers-or-prada-bags/ Mon, 07 May 2012 09:58:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.durham21.co.uk/2008/02/are-literary-theories-pliers-or-prada-bags/#comment-51264 Donnchadh Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:11:00 +0000 http://durham21.iambigred.com/uncategorized/are-literary-theories-pliers-or-prada-bags/#comment-51264 To be a bit glib about it, there's a third view of literary and cultural theory, which is that quite a bit of it is methodologically shoddy, dogmatic pomposity masquerading as profound insight. I can see the attraction of studying literature per se, but I must confess I've never understood the urge to immerse oneself in what is, to this reader at least, mere bad philosophy. I freely admit this is a grossly partial view and would welcome pointers in the direction of decent lit crit. To be a bit glib about it, there’s a third view of literary and cultural theory, which is that quite a bit of it is methodologically shoddy, dogmatic pomposity masquerading as profound insight. I can see the attraction of studying literature per se, but I must confess I’ve never understood the urge to immerse oneself in what is, to this reader at least, mere bad philosophy. I freely admit this is a grossly partial view and would welcome pointers in the direction of decent lit crit.

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