THE UNCOMMONNESS OF COMMONALITY: AN EXAMINATION OF RELATLONSHIPS AMONG THE ARTS
Abstract
The idea that there is something in common between one poem and another and between either poem and certain music, or the work of a painter, ostensibly having the same theme, is intrinsically attractive to makers of curriculums. At last, say they, we have a way of organizing the arts for instruction. MacGregor takes considerable pains to review the numerous parallels and analogies that occur among arts activities, and to explore a number of contexts or "behaviour complexes" in which art has function, in order to distinguish the conditions under which any commonality might be identified. The more closely he examines apparent relationships, however, the more he finds that each of the arts has a unique character, not amenable to synthesis with the others. RÉSUMÉ L'idée qu'il y a quelque chose de commun entre un poème et un autre, entre l'un de ces poèmes et une oeuvre musicale ou le tableau d'un artiste ayant manifestement le même thème, est un idée qui plaît intrinsèquement aux responsables des programmes scolaires. Enfin, disent-ils, nous disposons d'un moyen d'organiser l'enseignement des arts. MacGregor prend la peine d'examiner les nombreux parrallèles et analogies qui existent entre les arts et d'étudier un certain nombre de contextes ou de "complexes de comportement" où l'art joue un rôle, afin de déterminer les conditions nécessaires à l'établissement de leurs traits communs. Plus il approfondit les rapports apparents toutefois, plus il constate que chaque art est unique en son genre et qu'aucun art ne se prête à une synthèse avec les autres.Downloads
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1980-09-01
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MacGregor, R. (1980). THE UNCOMMONNESS OF COMMONALITY: AN EXAMINATION OF RELATLONSHIPS AMONG THE ARTS. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 15(003). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7345
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