How Long to Read Art as Performance, Story as Criticism

How Long Does it Take to Read Art as Performance, Story as Criticism?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 8 minutes to read Art as Performance, Story as Criticism by Craig S. Womack

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Pick up a work of typical literary criticism and you know what to expect: prose that is dry, pedantic, well-meaning but tedious—slow-going and essentially humorless. But why should that be so? Why can’t more literary criticism have a political edge and be engaging and fast-paced? Why can’t it include drama, personal narrative, and even humor? Why can’t criticism become an artistic performance, rather than just a discussion of art? Art as Performance, Story as Criticism is Craig Womack’s answer to these questions. Inventive and often outrageous, the book turns traditional literary criticism on its head, rejecting distanced, purely theoretical argumentation for intimate engagement with literary works. Focusing on Native American literature, Womack mixes forms and styles. He is unafraid to combine meticulous research and carefully considered historical perspectives with personal reactions and reflections. The book opens with a short story, “The Song of Roe Náld,” in which a Native filmmaker loses control of his movie project, in part because of his homoerotic attraction to its star. The following chapters, or “mus(e)ings,” include original dramas, while others more closely resemble traditional literary criticism, such as essays discussing the lesser-known plays of Lynn Riggs and the stories of Durango Mendoza. Still other chapters defy easy categorization, such as the piece “Caught in the Current, Clinging to a Twig,” in which Womack interweaves historical analysis of the state of the Creek Nation in 1908 with a vivid recreation of the last day on earth of Creek poet Alexander Posey. Throughout the book, the author offers his take on such controversial issues as the Cherokee freedmen issue and the ban on gay marriage. In being different, Womack seeks to breathe new life into literary analysis and in-troduce criticism to a wider audience. Radical, groundbreaking, and refreshing, Art as Performance, Story as Criticism reinvents literary criticism for the twenty-first century.

How long is Art as Performance, Story as Criticism?

Art as Performance, Story as Criticism by Craig S. Womack is 417 pages long, and a total of 107,169 words.

This makes it 141% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Art as Performance, Story as Criticism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 45 minutes to read Art as Performance, Story as Criticism aloud.

What Reading Level is Art as Performance, Story as Criticism?

Art as Performance, Story as Criticism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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