POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Milan Kundera, Gustave Flaubert, Jerusalem Prize
3 Oct 2016
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Critical - not about the quality of the conclusion. Being critical actually refers to a thinking process that aims to evaluate - does not refer to the negative conclusion it could arrive at. This evaluation is based on the thinking process. Variety of factors involved in analysis/thinking process - history, logic, observation, context, coherence, relevance - e. g. lm critic would need to know history of cinema, place a lm in its proper context. Critical thinking is a skill, can only be learned through practice. Common bond between literature and politics - desire for immortality, permits one to transcend one"s mortal nature. By engaging in politics, people leave traces of their existence - as does literature. The art of the novel - the jerusalem address. 1985 - kundera was awarded the jerusalem prize - prestigious literature prize. The novel and europe - in this address, kundera attempts to understand contributions of certain novelists.
