Gives new "meaning" to the phrase "empty words". What an amazing and important lecture!
@katieoreilly87164 ай бұрын
Sending a thank you from the Emerald Isle …
@noamlabounty77972 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these lectures Dr. Masson. Very informative and helpful.
@czarquetzal8344 Жыл бұрын
In the Supreme Court, there are two ways to interpret laws: 1. Verba Legis ( literal interpretation of the laws without ambiguities) and ratio legis (interpretation based on the intention of legislators). Imagine if the basis of the court hermeneutics is Derrida" Deconstruction and Barthes' version of Post-Structuralism, hehehe. Because of the French intellectuals, literary criticism became more complicated than ever. There is only one legacy that I appreciate from them: the French kiss., Hahaha 🤣
@drbonesshow12 жыл бұрын
Barthes who wrote about laundry detergent was hit by a laundry truck while walking home and later dying from his injuries.
@LitProf2 жыл бұрын
It was a clean hit.
@jondaly45012 жыл бұрын
@@LitProf This reminds me of one of the plots of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy. There was a character who isolated his son in order to see if he would speak an Adamic language.
@LitProf2 жыл бұрын
Very funny. Less humorously, I think one of the Russian tsars, influenced by Romantic ideas of the origins of language, did the same with orphans. They were fed but never held or spoken to. Of course the children died because they were unloved.
@drbonesshow12 жыл бұрын
@@LitProf Never be unloved. To those who treat others in such a way: "Kick 'em in the teeth," as an old friend used to say.
@jondaly45012 жыл бұрын
@@LitProf I watched this video in hope of catching something about Writing Degree Zero. I've been intrigued lately by McLuhan and Postman and thought, perhaps mistakenly, that there was a connection between technology and less ornamentation in language.
@sauraveazaad59998 ай бұрын
i cannot say anything but a big thank you for the charity...
@BardSonic Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic lecture sir.
@mkstamp9547 Жыл бұрын
It’s interesting that the argument they are making is that language is meaningless and puts to death the author and personhood in the text. I wonder if this is what God meant when He said the “the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” Without the voice, the saying with your mouth, it is just letter that is dead without the Spirit. Thoughts?
@LitProf8 ай бұрын
Yes, it is part of the binary dynamic I discuss in the lecture I am releasing tomorrow.
@seanrobbins38552 жыл бұрын
I never thought I would find in lit theory, such a contested battleground of our modern world. This lecture has given me new insight into the upside down world of the ulta progressives. Great stuff Dr. Mason!
@miladsamiraziz69414 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it 👍 I have an assignment on Structuralism and " The Death of the Author "
@the.digitalrenaissance4 жыл бұрын
hello there, can i ask you some questions about the death of the author? i also have an assignment and if you help me about that i would be so happy. my instagram is: @sinankunacaf i will be waiting for your message.
@LitProf4 жыл бұрын
Sorry, just saw this.
@miladsamiraziz69414 жыл бұрын
@@LitProf Never mind, Sir.
@daveduhre50883 жыл бұрын
Do you believe in the symbolic myth of Adam and Eve?
@LitProf3 жыл бұрын
I believe there was an Adam and Eve.
@elel260829 күн бұрын
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@MsAnkhaa4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your good lecture:)
@LitProf4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@rangecow4 жыл бұрын
Teleological semen - by your argument, man would be constantly seeking women to impregnate. There would never be enough women to bear potential lives. There is just too much semen.