Self-study
passage 4
P1
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Background Positions ·
1. High art; 2. radical
One view of art was that it was above the everyday. Another view of art was that it had to be politically useful.
Dostoyevsky's View ·
Fantasy and reality are not in principle distinct (contra radical view)
Not sure what this means, but I suspect this may be the main point and the rest of the passage will flesh this out.
P2
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Radical View ·
Art must depict reality as is
Critique ·
"Reality" is subjective
Reality is shaped by subjective experience. The writer's job is to blend reality and fantasy.
P3
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Radical View ·
Art must serve politics
Critique ·
Art must stand or fall on its own merits
Literature has to be well written.
P4
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Radical View ·
Art must be useful
Critique ·
How can we know what will be useful?
It's not possible to predict in what ways art may be useful.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Spotlight
Analysis by Kevin_Lin
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