PeeDee, Bravo -- come back!

ColoradoGuy · Jan 17, 2007

I can't speak for other posters, but I want AWers to regard this forum as open to anyone's thoughts about how language does its work -- from high in the clouds of Theory to down and dirty on the practical ground. Or even out of far left field.

Cath · Jan 17, 2007

I'd love to join in more, ColoradoGuy, but half the the posts might be in Klingon for all I understand of them.

Is there a good primer for critical theory that might help those of us who've never come across it before?

ColoradoGuy · Jan 17, 2007

Medievalist suggested one next door in the sticky thread: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1055836&postcount=6

Deleted member 42 · Jan 17, 2007

Cath you don't really need to know a lot, honestly.

I'm just this side of being hostile toward critical theory, really.

All you really need to do is like words.

Rolling Thunder · Jan 17, 2007

I've been taking a few stabs at literal writing lately so this thread/forum is of interest to me as well.

Cath · Jan 17, 2007

I did look for that book in B&N earlier - thanks for the recommendation. Looks like Amazon is my friend (again).

robeiae · Jan 17, 2007

Medievalist said:
I'm just this side of being hostile toward critical theory, really.

Well, get on over here, already! I'm serving slow-cooked Derrida in a light Jameson sauce, with pickled Fish on the side, for dinner tomorrow.

Cath · Jan 17, 2007

Ok - that was Klingon.

Which is why I want a primer.

MacAllister · Jan 17, 2007

Huh? Where'd PeeDee and Bravo go? And why come? It was just starting to get really fun!

MidnightMuse · Jan 17, 2007

I'm fascinated by this forum, but it makes me feel like I wandered into the wrong class

I'll sit in the corner and stare at the big kids until Cath finds us that primer.

C.bronco · Jan 17, 2007

Nah. Just give your opinion on stuff. Don't worry aboudit.

Cath · Jan 17, 2007

OK - I'm in - but bear with me if I ask some really stupid questions.

Deleted member 42 · Jan 17, 2007

No stupid questions. Really.

A lot of this stuff is totally stupid jargon. If I say something confusing, call me on, it, and I'll do better.

ColoradoGuy · Jan 17, 2007

Medievalist said:
No stupid questions. Really.

A lot of this stuff is totally stupid jargon. If I say something confusing, call me on, it, and I'll do better.

Jargon is often the refuge of fools. I've had Nobel Prize winners for teachers and once had the incredible experience of sitting with about 6 other callow 20-year-olds for a series of seminars with Isaiah Berlin! All of these people were some of the most clear explainers I've ever heard. They said the same thing: "there are no stupid questions here."

Rolling Thunder · Jan 17, 2007

MacAllister said:
Huh? Where'd PeeDee and Bravo go? And why come? It was just starting to get really fun!

American Idol.

ETA: Gonna keep this thread OT and not test ColoradoGuy's theory on 'no such thing as a stupid question.'

Birol · Jan 17, 2007

The professor of the class I'm taking this semester told us that the only thing you can do [with litcrit] is jump in the middle. She's right, you know? And what better place to jump in then a place where you're surrounded by friends?

SpookyWriter · Jan 19, 2007

ColoradoGuy said:
Jargon is often the refuge of fools. I've had Nobel Prize winners for teachers and once had the incredible experience of sitting with about 6 other callow 20-year-olds for a series of seminars with Isaiah Berlin! All of these people were some of the most clear explainers I've ever heard. They said the same thing: "there are no stupid questions here."

Who seek the solitude of ambiquity.

ColoradoGuy · Jan 19, 2007

SpookyWriter said:
Who seek the solitude of ambiquity.

Ubiquity? Ambiguous equity? Equitable ambulations? Enough Ambien?

TsukiRyoko · Jan 27, 2007

Birol said:
The professor of the class I'm taking this semester told us that the only thing you can do [with litcrit] is jump in the middle. She's right, you know? And what better place to jump in then a place where you're surrounded by friends?

You make them sound like such a friendly bunch while completely disregarding the sharp claws and teeth.

Birol · Jan 27, 2007

Well, the toughest looking one is also one of my aikido practice partners, so I know I can take him.

PeeDee, Bravo -- come back!

ColoradoGuy

I've seen worse.

Cath

The mean one

ColoradoGuy

I've seen worse.

Deleted member 42

Rolling Thunder

Cath

The mean one

robeiae

Touch and go

Cath

The mean one

MacAllister

'Twas but a dream of thee

MidnightMuse

Midnight Reading

C.bronco

I have plans...

Cath

The mean one

Deleted member 42

ColoradoGuy

I've seen worse.

Rolling Thunder

Birol

Around and About

SpookyWriter

ColoradoGuy

I've seen worse.

TsukiRyoko

Forced into cell phone life

Birol

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