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That's not what GP said. Studying art means contextualising the art, understanding how it came about, what kind of discourse it was part of, what role it used
by Tainnor 4y ago
That's not what GP said.
Studying art means contextualising the art, understanding how it came about, what kind of discourse it was part of, what role it used to play and continues to play, by which means certain effects are achieved, what it tells us about the time it was written in, what it tells us about the artist, how art was and is consumed, and so on.
All of this goes way beyond "loving to read".
- zozbot234 4y ago> Studying art means contextualising the art, understanding how it came about, what kind of discourse it was part of, what role it used to play and continues to play, by which means certain effects are achieved, what it tells us about the time it was written in, what it tells us about the artist, how art was and is consumed, and so on. By that standard, OP's lived experience thereby implies that academics of English Literature no longer care about "studying art", having replaced that sort of valuable scholarship with meaningless ideological posturing and politicking.
- Tainnor 4y agoThat may be the case in certain institutions at certain points in time. We certainly can't generalise from a single anecdote. I have had different experiences.