tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post6169689658999986344..comments2023-10-15T23:55:58.457+08:00Comments on THE GRIN WITHOUT A CAT: banzai cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-88500376591461161032007-12-11T13:39:00.000+08:002007-12-11T13:39:00.000+08:00It's all semantics, man. Mine in particular. To co...It's all semantics, man. Mine in particular. To consider, literary language is nothing more than 'elevated' language but really, it's just language.banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-88265812293026327302007-12-04T00:56:00.000+08:002007-12-04T00:56:00.000+08:00bc: what i'm having trouble with in the first pla...bc: what i'm having trouble with in the first place what you mean by 'literary' language. i don't get it. is there such a thing?<BR/><BR/>accepting the fact that what you call 'pretty language' is what you find 'subjectively lovely' as 'pretty's' definition, then what's 'literary'? you don't consider Theodora Goss and Kelly Link 'literary'? how is it that 'literary' language can't be 'prettyskinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-26141263625997056412007-12-03T11:27:00.000+08:002007-12-03T11:27:00.000+08:00skinny: actually, supposedly there's none. but for...skinny: actually, supposedly there's none. but for me, the difference is how effective the literary language is. for example, there are certain writers who have the elevated language but who leave me cold. but there are others whose prose make me feel like a crystal bell, ringing from each and every word. those writers who can do that-- those writers use what I call 'lyrical' or 'pretty' languagebanzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-19593323033753548182007-12-02T23:57:00.000+08:002007-12-02T23:57:00.000+08:00Good point! I try to do that when I have time, but...Good point! I try to do that when I have time, but more often I ditch creativity just so I can get to the point. I guess that's the difference between ordinary writing and extraordinary writing ... but I'm either too lazy or too apprehensive to make the leap.<BR/><BR/>It's something I'll have to keep in mind, though. Where'd you find the book? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-79395911113606018122007-12-02T19:45:00.000+08:002007-12-02T19:45:00.000+08:00OT: Just found out. Congrats on the win! :)OT: Just found out. Congrats on the win! :)dodo dayaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287196617019639716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-85100990583268726552007-12-02T19:42:00.000+08:002007-12-02T19:42:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.dodo dayaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287196617019639716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-74571212041284863742007-11-28T21:01:00.000+08:002007-11-28T21:01:00.000+08:00so what's the difference between 'literary' langua...so what's the difference between 'literary' language and 'pretty' language?skinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.com