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Antonija Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Problematize

I have several questions.

1) Is it ok to say "problematizes"?

2) Which of the two prepositions should I use?

3) "Unjustifiable neglecting" - Is there a better expression? Even I don't know what I wanted to say when I read it like this.Emotion: smile

4) Can contextual quality "rest" anywhere? I mean, does this collocation exist? Is there a better one?



By comparing the opposing sides the author problematizes the relationship of scientific analyses and/towards genre texts and he tries to examine the positions of academic critique in unjustifiable neglecting of contextual quality which rests in the domain of the popular.



  

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First, let me try (my changes presumably answer some of your questions implicitly): Comparing the opposing sides , the author problematizes the relationship of scientific analyses to genre texts and tries to examine the position of academic critique in unjustifiably neglecting contextual quality in the popular domain . No, I cannot think offhand of a word to replace 'problematize'; it seems awkward, but it is a word, and I think it works well enough. a problem', then you could use that.

— Mister Micawber

  • First, let me try (my changes presumably answer some of your questions implicitly): Comparing the opposing sides , the author problematizes the relationship of scientific analyses to genre texts and tries to examine the position of academic critique in unjustifiably neglecting contextual quality in the popular domain .
  • No, I cannot think offhand of a word to replace 'problematize'; it seems awkward, but it is a word, and I think it works well enough.
  • a problem', then you could use that.
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First, let me try (my changes presumably answer some of your questions implicitly):

Comparing the opposing sides, the author problematizes the relationship of scientific analyses to genre texts and tries to examine the position of academic critique in unjustifiably neglecting contextual quality in the popular doma
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I am just wondering whether the meaning is changed in your version. I suppose that the author means that the context of genre texts belongs to popular culture and that this fact is neglected, unjustifiably. But, to be honest, I'm not sure I understand this properly.
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This is how I read both versions:

The author compares two viewpoints (the academic and the ?) and defines or poses a problem concerning the relationship of genre and its analysis. He looks at why academic analysis of genre ignores popular texts (like comic books, I guess); this ignorance, he thinks, is unjustified.

But I haven't read the original text; this is just my rat
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Could "problematize" mean "make into a problem" here, I wonder?

MrP
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Possible indeed, MrP-- I was just going by OneLook and Antonia's translation. We'll have to wait for her definitive exegesis.
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I didn't read the whole text. I was just given the summary of the text to translate. According to the original text (source language text) it's not the popular texts that academic critique neglects, but their popular context . I have contacted the author and asked him to clarify that sentence, so I am still waiting for his reply. Thank you for your effort Mr Micawber and Mr Pedantic.
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I can only find:
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prob·lem·ize

Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s
: to raise or discuss http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?book=Third&va=problems

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Instead of saying “By comparing the opposing sides the author
problematizes the relationship of scientific analyses and/towards
genre texts and he tries…” you could say "By comparing the opposide sides the author
makes the relationship between the scientific analyses and the genre texts
problematic. He tries…”
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