Issue144 [AW狂人社]小组第三次作业

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issue144   "It is artist, not the critic, who gives socity something of lasting value" a person who evalues works of art such as novels, films music, paintings, etc"
是艺术家而不是批评家，给了社会一些永久的价值。*批评家指经常评价艺术作品，例如小说、电影、音乐、绘画等的人


提纲：1 确实艺术家给我们留下了很多有价值的东西，至今仍有着重要的作用。  
      2，批评家能够从不同的角度看问题从而给人们对某问题更清楚的认识。   
      3 两者的合作更重要。

Date:3-8   Words:764   Time:2h
Is it the artist gives society something of lasting value rather than the crictic, as the speaker asserts? I agree insofar as the artist creates many valuable and perpetual works that even today are still exerting significant influence on the lives of normal people. However, the speaker's statement is indefensible. In my view, the critic also play its indipensable role as a guide in establishing the concept of certain unfamiliar matters for us and shaping our mind.

True, the assertion that artists in their own particular times created many good works that are repected to be the poriceless assets due to their enduring influence on the human being is compelling. The arts, as the reflection of the cultural trend of that time or the presentation of inner emotion of the author, give us a direct link into what happened in the past. A telling example of this involves Michelangelo, a great artist, he created relatively valueble art works, such as the sculpture " David" as well as the incredible paintings on the ceiling of the Sistin Chaple at the  Vatican. These art works created hundreds of years ago are reversed as the absoute pinnacles of art achievement by the general people.  Some art works that contian frofound thoughts and the mode of thinking often have significant effects on people in the process of history no matter in which period it is. Consider, for example, Shakspear's works own a large number of readers and are often adapted by people into the current movies that are often big hits with students and the genernal populatioin as a whole. In short, the art works leave us with priceless things for their thoughts and concepts which are the very real value in the art..

Beyong this concession, nonetheless, I disagree with the speaker's statament since it seems to  recommend that there are no benefits to us brought by the critic. We live in a world where around us there are so many diversified thoughts, values an cultures. The general people might tend to make mistakes in determining which is better for him or her without taking into much more account the potential negtive effects brought by accepting certain dangerous beliefs or ideas that endanger the whole society. The critic at the moment can help those people ditinguish the good from bad. Consider, for example, in some countries, there are some regions in the name of maintaining and pretecting their own so-called justice, instilling the general plublic extrme thoughts and ideas for the purpose of attainiing their dangerous aim of making the whole society seek into troubles. The critic ,who has more insights about these communities, to a large extent, can provide his or her own opinions and advices and then lead us to have a right cognition of them. Therefore, it is clearly that the critic who thinks and interprets certain problems from their own unique and right angle plays a guiding role in the process of recognizing the world for the normal people.

Finally. It would be better for the artist and the critic hand in hand to serve the society and the public. The artist aims to enhance the general people's cognition of the beautiful yet simple life, the attractive but complicated society and the great and marvollous world by the means of telling us his or her appreciation of these matters. The critic from the opposite angle gives us his insightful understanding of these seeemed contradictory matters and then leads us to see the world aroud us correctly. The collaboration of them will offers better service to the members of society. For example, the books about the cause of Diana's death have different and even contradictory discribtions, which makes the public hold the wrong view of the matter. If before publishing these books, artists who are the authors of these books take some advices from the critics who might have the different viewpoints of them to revise the relevant vague or wrong contents, it is most possible that people around the world will have a better understanding of the matter. In short, The dule role from the cooperation of the artist and the critic has more benefits to the cognition of the world for the public.

In summary, I concede that the artist leaves us with many incredible works and even a large amount of ideas and thoughts. However, the speaker's statament neglects the important role of the critic. In the fianl analysis, one should hole the correct view to the critic. The collavberation of the artist and the critic will serve the society better.