COMP-LIT 141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Computer Language, Intertextuality, Public History
27 Jan 2017
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Comp lit 141: good and evil; east and west. Source of text up to interpretation with a purpose to them; creativity and language. Not objective; can"t necessarily be defined by rules or by others; it"s up to reader to define. Evoking writing the context and or format of a source is what makes it definable to these two categories. Literature changes with time (i. e. classics are born because so much time has gone by, like shakespeare) A generation that relies on easy access because everyone is (cid:1445)so busy(cid:1446) Goes against the writing for mass appeal; makes these kinds of literature more valuable. (cid:1445)is this literature? (cid:1446) someone can"t tell this for you without making two separate categories of (cid:1445)this is literature(cid:1446) and (cid:1445)this is not literature(cid:1446) Not necessarily loved by an audience but is transformative for the future; Creates a setting in which we are capable of expanding our minds, making our own opinions, etc.
