what does this word mean?

Question

or phrase, i should say. "scholar's eye"
used here:
"Hurston traveled through Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana to gather materials, using a SCHOLAR'S EYE to evaluate oral tales"

Answer 1

It means that Hurston looked at things as a scholar would look at them, as a learned person, an intelligent person, not as a simpleton. He wouldn't evaluate the oral tales without careful consideration.

a scholar's eye would be critical, fair, thoughtful, not swayed by emotion.

god bless

Answer 2

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