mp wrote: > Contesting the contestation of words is just the standard and pointless > academic game of...bla bla..
I think that it's worth criticizing someone for going beyond scholarship into sterile scholasticism. > When bending things, such as words, they sometimes break and entirely > new meanings, pespectives and insights can appear and you find yourself > outside of the box -- but of course, academics can't breathe in that > atmosphere, it's too far from their comfort zone If I understand what that means, "bending words" is fine, as is avoiding clichés (such as "outside the box"). -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
