Elena Ferrante, The Guardian; Elena Ferrante: A writer’s talent is like a fishing net, catching daily experiences that can educate
"There’s a very old function of literature that over time has lost
currency, probably because of its dangerous proximity to the political
and ethical spheres. I mean the idea that one of the purposes of a text
is to instruct...
An individual talent acts like a fishing net that captures daily
experiences, holds them together imaginatively, and connects them to
fundamental questions about the human condition."
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Saturday, January 5, 2019
Elena Ferrante: A writer’s talent is like a fishing net, catching daily experiences that can educate; The Guardian, January 5, 2019
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