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University has so far provided me with "The ability to argue that nothing is as it seems to be" (Coezee, Diary of a Bad Year), proper referencing of my essays and an appreciation of literary theory. And I could now spend a day debating comma versus semicolon; to which I face an addiction. I also use the most splendid colon in the Am. Lit essay, Trusse (Eats, Shoots and Leaves) would no doubt be proud of me.

Grudgingly, I must admit that a small part of me is leaning towards feminst readings of certain works. I also renounce aestheticism. It is pretty, but non-functional. Art, literature, is a product of context: social, political, historical. Critique and theory influence the artist. A work need not be analysed in a contextual manner, but the fact remains that it is a product.

(no subject)

University has so far provided me with "The ability to argue that nothing is as it seems to be" (Coezee, Diary of a Bad Year), proper referencing of my essays and an appreciation of literary theory. And I could now spend a day debating comma versus semicolon; to which I face an addiction. I also use the most splendid colon in the Am. Lit essay, Trusse (Eats, Shoots and Leaves) would no doubt be proud of me.

Grudgingly, I must admit that a small part of me is leaning towards feminst readings of certain works. I also renounce aestheticism. It is pretty, but non-functional. Art, literature, is a product of context: social, political, historical. Critique and theory influence the artist. A work need not be analysed in a contextual manner, but the fact remains that it is a product.