Monthly Archives: October 2010
The McCarthyist Ethos of Creative Writing Programs
Many of the problems in the programme may be viewed as the inevitable outcome of technique taken as telos. The raw material hardly seems to matter anymore… The fetishisation of technique simultaneously assuages and aggravates the anxiety that literature might
The McCarthyist Ethos of Creative Writing Programs
Many of the problems in the programme may be viewed as the inevitable outcome of technique taken as telos. The raw material hardly seems to matter anymore… The fetishisation of technique simultaneously assuages and aggravates the anxiety that literature might
The Paradox of the Writer
[I]n this era following decolonization, literature has become a way for the men and women in our time to express their identity, to claim their right to speak, and to be heard in all their diversity. Without their voices, their
The Paradox of the Writer
[I]n this era following decolonization, literature has become a way for the men and women in our time to express their identity, to claim their right to speak, and to be heard in all their diversity. Without their voices, their
Mao on Base and Superstructure
True, the productive forces, practice and the economic base generally play the principal and decisive role; whoever denies this is not a materialist. But it must also be admitted that in certain conditions, such aspects as the relations of production,
Mao on Base and Superstructure
True, the productive forces, practice and the economic base generally play the principal and decisive role; whoever denies this is not a materialist. But it must also be admitted that in certain conditions, such aspects as the relations of production,
Žižek on Revolutionary Violence
Thanks to Kapirasong Kritika for pointing out wamal/wangut blog. It features assorted PDFs of contemporary socio-cultural theoretical works and some very engaging posts. One post, for example, points out Slavoj Žižek’s stand on the use of revolutionary violence in his latest
Žižek on Revolutionary Violence
Thanks to Kapirasong Kritika for pointing out wamal/wangut blog. It features assorted PDFs of contemporary socio-cultural theoretical works and some very engaging posts. One post, for example, points out Slavoj Žižek’s stand on the use of revolutionary violence in his latest
The CAS in the Service of the People
The welfare of the nation can be measured by the wellbeing of the people that compose the nation. National development is not only an abstraction represented by economic figures but is reflected in real and material conditions such as food on the table, decent shelter, accessible
The CAS in the Service of the People
The welfare of the nation can be measured by the wellbeing of the people that compose the nation. National development is not only an abstraction represented by economic figures but is reflected in real and material conditions such as food on the table, decent shelter, accessible
Edel Garcellano on Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado
I’m reading this only now even if it was written a few months ago: Edel Garcellano’s agreeable critique of Syjuco’s Ilustrado. Poking fun at the literary establishment and media’s hype over the novel, Garcellano playfully asks: What does this novel
Edel Garcellano on Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado
I’m reading this only now even if it was written a few months ago: Edel Garcellano’s agreeable critique of Syjuco’s Ilustrado. Poking fun at the literary establishment and media’s hype over the novel, Garcellano playfully asks: What does this novel
On the Illegal Detention of James Saguino
I am reposting the following statement on the illegal arrest of youth leader James Saguino. The issue strikes a cord with me (this is spoken in a grim tone) first and foremost because I know James personally and secondly because
On the Illegal Detention of James Saguino
I am reposting the following statement on the illegal arrest of youth leader James Saguino. The issue strikes a cord with me (this is spoken in a grim tone) first and foremost because I know James personally and secondly because
Somewhat Disappointed
1. And the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is Mario Vargas Llosa, and not Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as many speculators earlier predicted, which I find somewhat disappointing. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, an equally deserving but lesser known writer with a solid
Somewhat Disappointed
1. And the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is Mario Vargas Llosa, and not Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as many speculators earlier predicted, which I find somewhat disappointing. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, an equally deserving but lesser known writer with a solid
American Metafiction and Television
The emergence of something called Metafiction in the American ’60s was hailed by academic critics as a radical aesthetic, a whole new literary form, literature unshackled from the cultural cinctures of mimetic narrative and free to plunge into reflexivity and
American Metafiction and Television
The emergence of something called Metafiction in the American ’60s was hailed by academic critics as a radical aesthetic, a whole new literary form, literature unshackled from the cultural cinctures of mimetic narrative and free to plunge into reflexivity and
(Mis)readings