distressing news

[Evgeny Steiner]

It seems that from the very beginning of this animated discussion 
Master and Margarita is assigned a status of a Holy Cow, whereas 
perhaps it is at best a middlebrow satire on one hand and a 
pretentious home-grown naive costume drama of the Eternal Struggle 
Between Good and Evil on the other... 

Evgeny Steiner

----- Original Message -----
From: Boris Dagaev <boris.dagaev at GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:01 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] distressing news

> <"making value judgments on what constitutes good vs bad in art" is,
> in fact, the only thing a literary critic _could_ do>
> 
> _that_ would be truly distressing news! if it were true :-)
> 
> On 8/31/06, Genevra Gerhart <ggerhart at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Jessica wrote:
> >
> > But then I have something of an aversion to passing value 
judgements
> > > on culture, it seems a little snobbish to think that we 
> (academics)> > can judge what constitutes good vs bad in art.  It 
> feels limiting and
> > > restrictive, just my opinion.....
> >
> > I have always thought that "making value judgments on what 
> constitutes good
> > vs bad in art" is, in fact, the only thing a literary  critic 
> _could_ do.
> > What the h. else were they put on earth to do?
> >
> > Genevra Gerhart
> >
> > ggerhart at comcast.net
> >
> > www.genevragerhart.com
> > www.russiancommonknowledge.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> > [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Christopher 
Lemelin
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:10 PM
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] distressing news
> >
> > A quick correction.  Les Miserables was originally written (in
> > French) by composer Claude-Michel Schoenberg and librettist Alain
> > Boubil.  The English version was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and
> > the English lyrics were adapted by Herbert Kretzmer.
> >
> > In my humble opinion--and by the way, I agree with others that 
ALW's
> > early musicals are far superior to his later ones--Les Mis is an
> > incredible achievement, rivaling a great opera.
> >
> > CWL
> >
> > ========================
> > Christopher W. Lemelin
> > Assistant Professor of Russian
> > Dickinson College
> > lemelinc at dickinson.edu
> >
> > (On sabbatical 2006-2007)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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