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Andrew Shields
Michigander, Basler, Comp Lit PhD, English teacher, German and French speaker, translator, poet, songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist, father, husband. He/him
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A class discussion of N. K. Jemisin's "L'Alchimista" and the aesthetics of Immanuel Kant's "Kritik der Urteilskraft" and T. S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent". #111Words #NKJemisin #LAlchimista #ImmanuelKant #KritikDerUrteilskraft #TSEliot #TraditionAndTheIndividualTalent #Literature #Philosophy #Aesthetics https://111-words.ghost.io/a-class-discussion-of-n-k-jemisins-lalchimista-and-the-aesthetics-of-immanuel-kants-kritik-der-urteilskraft-and-t-s-eliots-tradition-and-the-individual-talent/
111 WordsA class discussion of N. K. Jemisin's "L'Alchimista" and the aesthetics of Immanuel Kant's "Kritik der Urteilskraft" and T. S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent"Today in class, a passage about the cook Franca preparing a meal in N. K. Jemisin's "L'Alchimista" (2018) led us to consider its implicit aesthetic theories. I proposed the "disinterestedness" of the perception of beauty in Immanuel Kant's "Kritik der Urteilskraft" (1790). But the discussion brought up