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Criticizing Literary Criticism

28 July 2008 4 Comments

I’ve been out of touch this past weekend thanks to a combination of back pain and the installation of the entire Sims 2 collection on my Mac. It took me weeks to finally get the installation done (thanks to a random list of things I’d rather not discuss), and back pain had rendered me completely immobile for days.

Anyway, I’ll leave you with this strip from xkcd.com to think about. I’ve said time and again that writing is not a science. There’s no point forcing it to conform to scientific standards. It’s not a social science. There’s no point deconstructing it with Derrida’s psychobabble (no offense philosophy majors). View the strip and let me know what you think:

XOXO,

4 Comments »

  • payaso said:

    constipated ang pakiramdam kapag pinipilit mong maarok ang isang bagay na wala ka namang alam…ganon ang pakiramdam. nawawala tuloy sa sarili.

    payasos last blog post..Total Solar Eclipse

    # 28 July 2008 at 4:53 pm
  • miss-write (author) said:

    @payaso - hindi ko masyadong gets kapatid. :D

    # 28 July 2008 at 9:40 pm
  • Zriz said:

    lol..clueless ako kaydee…sa comic strip…nyahahaha

    hope your back gets better…and the sims 2 is cool…kaso lang i got bored na hehehehe

    Zrizs last blog post..Oh, for Pete’s Sake!

    # 30 July 2008 at 5:02 pm
  • Rai said:

    I missed this blog! I’m also back from a looong vacation.

    See you around. =)

    Best,
    Rai

    # 7 August 2008 at 8:09 pm

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