Charles M. Schulz | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 8 pages of analysis & critique of Charles M. Schulz.

Charles M. Schulz | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 8 pages of analysis & critique of Charles M. Schulz.
This section contains 2,239 words
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Buy the Critical Essay by Robert L. Short

"Art-Parable is that creation of man with no practical use except to communicate meaning indirectly through forms that capture one's attention." This is the kind of definition that could easily help wear someone out, but it is also why all art is parable, and vice versa…. Charles Schulz's famous comic strip, Peanuts, certainly meets this definition of Art-Parable. But since this cannot be said of all comic strips, we need to distinguish between "art" and "entertainment." All art involves "entertainment" of sorts, but not all entertainment is art. Mere entertainment leads us away from reality; indeed it can even be considered an escape from reality…. Art, on the other hand, can also entertain us, but it goes further. It leads us through its dream back to a reality that perhaps we had not seen before or to a reality that we now see in a new light. It...

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