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-6 posts tagged "criticism"
Marcelle Couto | Tuesday, September 19, 2023
In our age dominated by entertainment, fiction has become a crucial aspect of our lives. This accessibility of fiction is, in some ways, one of the reasons we have the Scene column in the first place. Now, more than ever, we are able to freely cultivate the ability to immerse ourselves in creative, mythical worlds.
Xiyun Wu | Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Guided by the name of the exhibition, “Who Do We Say We Are?,” the Snite Museum of Art displays the juxtaposing answers from the past century of Irish art. As curator Cheryl Snay pointed out in her opening speech, it is not a hyphen that connects 1922 and 2022, but rather, a vertical slash that
Evan McKenna | Thursday, August 27, 2020
I’m taking my first poetry writing class this semester. Aside from our discussions of avant-garde free-verse that go way over my head, we’ve been talking a lot about attention — what commands our attention, what other poets attend to in their writing and, most importantly, how we allocate our attention within the writing process. One
Ella Wisniewski | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
I was inspired to write this column by my friend Alena who posted a really well-written message about criticism as an act of love to her Instagram story a few days ago. She wrote it in response to the pro-administration sentiment circulating on social media lately — a sentiment that includes professions of gratitude for
Letter to the Editor | Monday, February 11, 2019
These days, as I open The Observer to the Viewpoint section, I often jest, “Ah, I wonder what University President Fr. John Jenkins has done to upset someone today.” Very rarely do I find myself caught off guard by what I find. I get it. This section is literally called “Viewpoint.” It exists for individuals
Elizabeth Hascher | Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The August before my junior year of high school, I visited campus for the first time as a prospective student. The University of Notre Dame had previously existed only in my imagination, and it seemed perfect. It was in a location that would be just far enough out of my comfort zone, its name alone