"Narrative criticism is a precise, subtle, and complex discipline that has developed a refined conceptuality and vocabulary to express its nuances. It is relatively easy to discuss these nuances with other specialists, using the technical jargon designed for this purpose. It is not so easy to communicate such subtleties to noninitiates without either dumbing down the content or talking down to the reader. It is also risky to be clear, for sometimes when the complex jargon is removed and the point is made in plain English, it no longer seems all that profound." Eugene Boring
"It is also risky to be clear, for sometimes when the complex jargon is removed and the point is made in plain English, it no longer seems all that profound."
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