Comments on: The Pathos of the MFA http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/06/24/the-pathos-of-the-mfa/ A First Things Blog Tue, 21 May 2013 18:28:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Emina Melonic http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/06/24/the-pathos-of-the-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-17728 Emina Melonic Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:29:05 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=17618#comment-17728 I am not surprised at the syllabus. And if I were in Maureen’s shoes, I would have done the same. So many times, when I was working on my MA at U of Chicago, I got stuck in classes thinking that it’s actually going to be about literature or art. But no, but no! Names like Zizek, Althuser, Fanon, Lacan were shining meekly like a cheap neon light. The more deviant in their behavior and thought, the better these charlatans were. These are the gods in a world where art or truth do not exist. How utterly, utterly boring.

Congratulations Maureen for not accepting the position! :)

]]> By: Ars Artium http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/06/24/the-pathos-of-the-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-17708 Ars Artium Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:18:18 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=17618#comment-17708 The fact that a person named Maureen Mullarkey – artist, scholar, teacher – exists and that she has been able to maintain her elegant faith in these beyond strange times is a source of hope. I truly admire her.

]]>