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ECL 308W Discussion Post 2 for T
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Write ONE PARAGRAPH, thank you! Only use the pdf I give you for the source, please. In other words, no reading or other research outside of class materials is expected. However, if you do choose to do any outside research or reading for them, including using any kind of artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT), you must fully and accurately acknowledge your sources, including putting quotation marks around any wording that is not your own; if you don't do this, it is considered plagiarism for which there are severe penalties.
prompt: Eagleton complains of F.R. Leavis, his wife Q.D. Leavis, and their critical journal Scrutiny (launched in 1932) that “there was never any serious consideration of actually trying to change…society.” (p 29) Do you think that Eagleton's complaint is reasonable, or do you think that it's wrong of Eagleton to assume that it's everyone's responsibility to try to change society?
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ECL 308W Discussion Post 2
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In the work Literary Theory: An Introduction, Terry Eagleton criticizes F.R. and Q.D. Leavis because their work in the literature has not considered societal change, as was its reputed duty through their journal Scrutiny. He says, "There was never any serious consideration of actually trying to change…society" (Eagleton, 2011), claiming that the Leavis’ did not take advantage of such a position to engage them in the broader social and political perspective. What Eagleton seems to suggest is that literary criticism is capable of assuming the role of con...
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