Issue144 076G Myth小组第三次作业--Hermes

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TOPIC: ISSUE144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."

*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
WORDS: 525          TIME: 上午 12:45:00          DATE: 2006-10-24

According to this statement, the author asserts that artist provides some lasting value thing to society. I agree with the author based on the artists accepting the helpful advice which the critic suggests. However, close scrutiny of the author's claim reveals that the assertion in some aspects might be untenable.

For the first place, no work in the world is perfect and has no flaws or will be understood by people all over the world. Theoretically speaking, critics might offer valuable suggestion to artists and help people better recognize the nature of the work, for they always have profound knowledge of aesthetics and an appreciate taste in art. Through criticism and the following improvement that art can be accepted by the masses, and moreover, its value can be discovered or approved. Mark Twine created populate figure of Hark Berry Finn, and Dante created the edifice work of Divine. Thus, almost famous artists in history obtain beneficial effects from criticisms which help them completing the great works. Artists might create some lasting valuable thing, yet, they would make things more valuable with the evaluation from critic.

For the second place, it is adverse that the artists depend on the criticism excessively in the process of creating work or modifying work. Because artists would undermine their spirits in creation and constrain the originalities of their work, if they over concern about what the critics point out. On contrary, artists might ignore the criticism which is not useful or impeding the advancement of the work. We can cite a lot of examples including: Van Gogh created work without considering the negation of the criticism which illustrates the difference from the traditional work. Work in art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc, is distinctive in other areas involve science, anthropology, society, and so forth. The lasting value of the work in art reflect the highlights of the work such as originality, advance in technology, different issues, while the expressions of value in other areas amount to profit--more profit and more benefit to human means more value. However, people are interested in art that is not reason for the profit but the recreation.

However, one cannot neither ignore the undermining or constraining the originalities of artists resulted from the partial or mistaken evaluations, nor pay over attention to suggestion or censure from critics which would impede the progress or breakthrough of the art. As far as we known, criticism sometime is a way to make work famous and known by masses. A good work, which wants to enlarge the influence from the public, must meet the evaluation from people involve diverse areas. A good artists, who want to advance and create more valuable work than before, must synthesize a variety of assessment and extract what are beneficial to the improvement of future work and what are useful to enhance the skill of creation.

In conclusion, the artist can supply something of long-term value to society unless they take advantage well of the advice from the critics. It is an effective method like what a great man had said --"extract the essential part, and abandon the dross part".

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TOPIC: ISSUE48 - "The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
WORDS: 596          TIME: 上午 12:45:00          DATE: 2006-10-24

The speaker makes a threshold claim that groups of people without identities, not the famous few made the significant events and trends in history. And then he concludes that people place too much emphasis on individual in the area of history. While I wholeheartedly agree with the threshold claim, the conclusion unfairly generalizes about the history study process. In fact, following the speaker's claim would actually confute the learning history, as well as impeding human ego development.

For the first place, I strongly agree the threshold claim about who made the history. Common sense infirm (inform) nothing can be made by only one person, especially the significant thing and trends which made an (a) critical role in history. Without the public desire and the public support, a few people can not achieve the success in history. Moreover, the events and trends which were remembered always happened (happen) not only on individual but also on the masses. As far as we known, (标点)

For the second place, although I concede that the majority made the history instead the minority did, a few part who （what）were written in history is reasonable and valuable to be used in the study of history. Obviously, the famous few has (have) their own highlight such as the trigger point of the significant events or leading the movements or representative of the public, and so forth. Consider the important role of a few famous in history. For example, Joan of Arc, who led the resistance to force the English invader, is the representative of the French who looked forward to freedom.

For the third place, it is a scientific way to study the history through some trivial things written in record and some famous people and even some fragments unearthed. What history left us is (are) fragments. And the effective way to understand the history and make use of history in human development is to extrapolate the history by the trivial things and some record about a few famous. From these a few famous, we might know the desire of the public in history, and the improvement of civilization, and the development of the economy. Moreover, we might recognize the background of the events and trends, the direct cause of the events and trends, and the result in both advantage and disadvantage of the events and trends. For example, we know the American history in 1960s and the major controversial problems in society by studying Martin Luther King who lead the black fought for the fair rights equal to the white; we learn the important role played by Renaissance in Europe and the whole world through a few famous in variety areas involve Michelangelo, Raphael, Cervantes and so on; we learn the means of the first industry reform by recognizing the importance played by Watt who invented the steam engine which is a milestone of the motivation history.  

However, it is important to strake a balance between a few famous and the major group without identities. Although the few is representative of the general, it not sufficiently amount to the integrity. We should better place emphasis both on individual and the major who was forgotten. If that is the case, we would make more effective study of history.

In conclusion, there is no doubt about the threshold that the most significant events and trends in history were made possible by the groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten. But the ultimate claim that history study places excessive emphasis on individuals is problematic. If the author strake a balance between the both, I would agree absolutely.







Issue144 076G Myth小组第三次作业--Hermes

TOPIC: ISSUE144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."

*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
WORDS: 525          TIME: 上午 12:45:00          DATE: 2006-10-24

According to this statement, the author asserts that artist provides some lasting value thing to society. I agree with the author based on the artists accepting the helpful advice which the critic suggests. However, close scrutiny of the author's claim reveals that the assertion in some aspects might be untenable.

For the first place, no work in the world is perfect and has no flaws or will be understood by people all over the world. Theoretically speaking, critics might offer valuable suggestion to artists and help people better recognize the nature of the work, for they always have profound knowledge of aesthetics and an appreciate taste in art. Through criticism and the following improvement that art can be accepted by the masses, and moreover, its value can be discovered or approved. Mark Twine created populate figure of Hark Berry Finn, and Dante created the edifice work of Divine. Thus, almost famous artists in history obtain beneficial effects from criticisms which help them completing the great works. Artists might create some lasting valuable thing, yet, they would make things more valuable with the evaluation from critic.

For the second place, it is adverse that the artists depend on the criticism excessively in the process of creating work or modifying work. Because artists would undermine their spirits in creation and constrain the originalities of their work, if they over concern about what the critics point out. On contrary, artists might ignore the criticism which is not useful or impeding the advancement of the work. We can cite a lot of examples including: Van Gogh created work without considering the negation of the criticism which illustrates the difference from the traditional work. Work in art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc, is distinctive in other areas involve science, anthropology, society, and so forth. The lasting value of the work in art reflect the highlights of the work such as originality, advance in technology, different issues, while the expressions of value in other areas amount to profit--more profit and more benefit to human means more value. However, people are interested in art that is not reason for the profit but the recreation.

However, one cannot neither ignore the undermining or constraining the originalities of artists resulted from the partial or mistaken evaluations, nor pay over attention to suggestion or censure from critics which would impede the progress or breakthrough of the art. As far as we known, criticism sometime is a way to make work famous and known by masses. A good work, which wants to enlarge the influence from the public, must meet the evaluation from people involve diverse areas. A good artists, who want to advance and create more valuable work than before, must synthesize a variety of assessment and extract what are beneficial to the improvement of future work and what are useful to enhance the skill of creation.

In conclusion, the artist can supply something of long-term value to society unless they take advantage well of the advice from the critics. It is an effective method like what a great man had said --"extract the essential part, and abandon the dross part".

感觉两篇文章的结构都很完整了，条理很清晰，第一篇语言的错误多了点。我个人觉得，在举完例子后，可以再适当的再多论述一下，这样更加有力。