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With reference to AT LEAST ONE OTHER course text, justify or contest F.R.Leavis's argument that 'in any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends'.
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March 26th, 2003 With reference to AT LEAST ONE OTHER course text, justify or contest F.R.Leavis's argument that 'in any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends'. F.R.Leavis's 'Mass Civilisation and Minority Culture', was published in 1998 as part of Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader. In the pamphlet, Leavis sets out his views on culture, namely art and literature, and it's appreciation. To answer the question, it is important to define Leavis's idea of what 'culture' means to him. Leavis distinguishes 'good' culture from the bad, naming Shakespeare and Homer's works as 'high-brow' culture, and Hollywood blockbuster films as bad. He uses a currency metaphor to describe the 'discerning' appreciation of art and literature, as if there were only a small amount of approval that could be bestowed on the cultural world. His main argument is that it is...
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