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Once languages become written, they change. Only in writing does language develop the artfulness and richness that we associate with a Shakespeare, a Proust or a Whitman. Yet over the last forty years, the English-language has effectively gone into reverse - taking our lead from America and the legacy of the 19060s, our culture increasingly privileges the oral over the written, spurning the art of elaborated, 'written'-style language in favour of returning to the state of a spoken culture. Parallel developments have occurred in music. In this controversial and thought-provoking book, Jon McWhorter argues that the 1960's rejection of cultural traits associated with the Establishment, as well as a democratic celebration of what anyone can do over what requires training or talent, has led to our culture being increasingly impoverished, both intellectually and artistically, a culture that hates itself.
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Doing Our Own Thing, John H. McWhorter
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2004
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- Titolo
- Doing Our Own Thing
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- John H. McWhorter
- Editore
- Heinemann Young Books
- Pubblicato
- 2004
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 280
- ISBN10
- 0434010588
- ISBN13
- 9780434010585
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Arte / Cultura, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Storia, Storie vere, Tematica musicale, Musica, Lingue, Giornalismo d’opinione & Saggi, Cultura e Società, Linguistica
- Valutazione
- 3,6 su 5
- Descrizione
- Once languages become written, they change. Only in writing does language develop the artfulness and richness that we associate with a Shakespeare, a Proust or a Whitman. Yet over the last forty years, the English-language has effectively gone into reverse - taking our lead from America and the legacy of the 19060s, our culture increasingly privileges the oral over the written, spurning the art of elaborated, 'written'-style language in favour of returning to the state of a spoken culture. Parallel developments have occurred in music. In this controversial and thought-provoking book, Jon McWhorter argues that the 1960's rejection of cultural traits associated with the Establishment, as well as a democratic celebration of what anyone can do over what requires training or talent, has led to our culture being increasingly impoverished, both intellectually and artistically, a culture that hates itself.