PREFACE<br > Freshman students, who may have no problems communicating<br >verbally, are too often stymied when they try to put their thoughts on<br >paper. They are faced with the fact that written language is not the same<br >as spoken language, but they do not know how to approach the challenge<br >of writing a composition. Our purpose in this text is to offer models of<br >writing that students can study and, we hope, use to improve their own<br >composition skills. Since human beings first learn to speak--to express<br >themselves--by watching others, by listening, and then by imitating<br >them, we feel that learning how to writ6 compositions can follow this<br >same progression. And since what people~discover for themselves when<br >learning to speak may be more important in their verbal development than<br >what they are told, we hope that this text will help students discover on<br >their own many new things about composition--ideas, techniques,<br >skills--that they can use to increase their powers of written communica-<br >tion.<br > There is nothing new about the forms of exposition: narration;<br >illustration; comparison, contrast, and analogy; Cause to effect, effect to<br >cause, and question to answer; definition; analysis and classification; pro-<br >cess; description; logic. Authors and teachers have long felt that models<br >of various rhetorical categories can be studied and that the techniques can<br >be imitated by students or transferred to the students own compositions.<br >In turn, what students learn about writing in their composition class may<br >be transferred to written examinations and papers in their other courses.<br >Furthermore, the ability to express themselves better orally--obviously<br >an advantage to students in all of their courses=--is inseparably linked to<br >what they learn about written communication. When students leave col-<br >lege, they may continue to use what they have learned as they write<br >letters or reports, or as they engage in other forms of communication.<br > In this text we are concerned with providing models of composi-<br >tion; at the same time we have tried to provide a variety--of topics, of<br >styles, of themes. Within this variety are a number of essays on similar<br >topics, such as language awareness, to provide opportunities for compari-<br >son. We have also sought to provide<br >the works of authors of both sexes<br >a balanced point of view by including<br >and of differing ethnic backgrounds.<br >The classics are represented by the works of such as Mark Twain, D. H.<br >Lawrence, and John Steinbeck, but the flavor is contemporary, with ap-<br >peal to students a major goal. Student writing is included because it s<br >good and because it relates to the reader s own experience and ability.<br > This new ed<br >bined part on Defin<br >treats Logic. The f<br >but many new essa]<br >been expanded in r<br >of the Glossary, a<br >essay.<br > The apparat<br >sider while reading<br >ceding the selection<br >will also find assign<br >feel that little is gaii<br >that illustrate a part<br >variety by includin<br >itself to teaching ad<br >figures of speech, t<br >In each of the first<br >feel that since stuc<br >should be left for tl<br >bers of the class. U<br >the last part contai~<br > We have trie<br >in each section in<br >narration, since thi<br >The progression ru<br >exposition, ending<br >techniques.<br > We sincerel)<br >from the Glossary<br >aware of what is ot<br > We wish to<br >and Bishop College<br >to our friends and 1<br >gratitude goes to E<br >nelius, Baylor Uni<br >College, North;<br >Florissant Valley;<br >Harris, Eastern M<br >The Canfield Press<br >Christie, and the er<br >them we say, "Th~<br ><br >
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与市面上其他专注于“如何操作”的技法书籍相比,这本书的视角是极其宏观且形而上的。它很少触及具体的媒介操作流程,比如油彩的调和比例、雕塑的支撑结构或是摄影的曝光设定。相反,它将“技术”(Technique)提升到了哲学思辨的层面,探讨技术是如何定义艺术家的主体性以及文化语境的边界。例如,书中有一章专门讨论了“重复的异化”,这部分内容并非在分析印刷技术如何批量生产图像,而是深入挖掘重复这一行为在时间维度上对“原创性”概念的侵蚀与重塑。作者的论述充满了对现代性及其伴随的技术依赖的反思,语气中带着一种清醒的疏离感。我感觉他像是一位站在高塔之上的观察者,冷静地审视着我们在工具箱里忙碌的身影,并提出疑问:我们所掌握的那些精湛的“技巧”,是否最终反而限制了我们对真正“构成”可能性的想象?这种挑战核心假设的勇气,虽然令人敬佩,但也使得这本书的阅读门槛非常高,因为它要求读者不仅要精通自己的领域,还要能够跳出来进行批判性的反思。
评分这本书的装帧和排版给我留下了极其深刻的印象,它本身就是一种对“构成”理念的无声宣言。纸张的选择非常考究,略带粗粝的触感,似乎故意要与当下充斥市场的光滑印刷品形成对抗。内容布局上,作者展现出一种近乎于偏执的对称与不对称的辩证关系。在一个章节中,文字可能紧密地排布在页面的左侧三分之一处,留出大片的留白,这种留白并非是空无,而是被赋予了强烈的“缺席的重量”。而在下一页,你可能会发现一组精心挑选的、尺寸极小的图示——它们不是用来解释文字的插图,更像是某种仪式性的符号标记,散落在页面的各个角落,引导着读者的视线在空白中游走。我特别欣赏作者处理引文的方式,他很少使用传统的脚注或尾注,而是将重要的理论家名字和出处,用极细的衬线字体,像暗码一样嵌入到正文的句末,需要凑近才能辨认。这迫使你必须全神贯注于文本本身,去感受文字排列的韵律和视觉的张力。这种对“阅读体验即构成体验”的坚持,使得阅读这本书的过程,变成了一种主动参与的、沉浸式的艺术鉴赏活动,而不是被动的知识接收。
评分最让我感到困惑但又着迷的是书中对“不确定性”的偏爱。在许多关于“技术”的著作中,严谨的逻辑和可复现性是核心价值,但在这本书里,作者似乎在极力赞美那些无法被完全捕捉、无法被精准复刻的瞬间和元素。书中对“偶然性”的探讨极其深入,他甚至提出,真正的构成不是对既有规则的完美执行,而是对规则边界的温柔试探与挑战。我记得有一段文字描述了艺术家在创作过程中对“失控”的拥抱,强调了物质或媒介自身的主观能动性如何超越创作者的初始意图。这种对“不可控”的推崇,与当下许多强调效率和精确度的艺术教育理念是背道而驰的。它要求读者必须克服对“完美”的执念,学会欣赏那些在边缘摇摇欲坠的平衡状态。这本书的魅力就在于此:它不是一本教你如何安全抵达目的地的地图册,而是一份鼓励你深入未知迷雾的探险指南,让你去体验和理解,那些看似是错误或瑕疵的部分,恰恰是构成作品生命力的关键所在。
评分这本书的章节结构,与其说是一种线性的叙事,不如说是一种螺旋上升的、不断回溯与自我参照的集合体。你很难从头读到尾。我发现,当我试图按照目录顺序推进时,总会因为某个概念的突然引用而被迫跳到全书的其他部分去寻找上下文。这似乎是作者故意为之的安排,意图模拟人类思维的非线性特征。例如,在探讨“视觉节奏的张力”时,作者会毫无预警地引用他早些时候对“寂静的密度”的阐述,然后要求读者重新审视之前读过的关于形式平衡的论断。这种结构迫使读者的大脑必须不断地在短期记忆和长期关联之间建立动态连接。这种阅读方法,虽然令人精疲力尽,但一旦某个关键的连接点被建立起来,那种豁然开朗的感觉是无与伦比的。它不是告诉你答案,而是教你如何将那些看似不相关的知识碎片,通过构成的逻辑线索编织成一张密不透风的理解之网。这本书更像是一个“思维的健身房”,而不是一个知识的仓库。
评分这本书,光是翻开它那朴实无华的书脊,就能感受到一股沉甸甸的学术气息。我当时抱着极大的期待,希望能在其中找到关于“技法”与“构成”之间那些晦涩难懂的理论的清晰阐述。然而,阅读的过程更像是一场漫长的、在迷宫中摸索的旅程。作者似乎倾向于用一种高度凝练、近乎于诗歌的语言来探讨这些宏大的主题。比如,他对“空间流动性”的描述,不是用传统的几何学或透视法去界定,而是将其比喻为“光影在时间的织物上留下的呼吸痕迹”。这种表达方式极具启发性,但也要求读者具备相当深厚的背景知识和极强的联想能力。初读时,我时常需要停下来,在脑海中构建出作者所暗示的那些抽象的图像,试图将那些精妙的比喻与我所熟悉的具体艺术实践联系起来。书中对某些经典案例的引用也显得十分跳跃,比如在讨论色彩的组织时,他可能会突然引用一段中世纪音乐的结构分析,然后迅速转到对现代建筑立面布局的探讨,两者之间的逻辑桥梁需要读者自己去搭建。坦白说,对于初学者而言,这可能是一本令人望而却步的“天书”,它更像是写给已经浸淫多年的创作者,作为一种思想的碰撞和深化,而非入门的指南。它没有提供“如何画一个完美的圆”之类的具体步骤,更多的是在叩问:“何为圆的本质?”
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