Posts by Sacha
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there's a place for it
Agreed, just no longer at the centre (where it used to think of itself as being).
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The notion of "enduring" is in itself modernist (as are concepts like "post-" really). We could also ask about say the current breadth of reach or types of effect on readers, or what they are inspired to do in response? How the work affects what is around it and what comes after it - and before it.
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Not just because they enjoyed it I would say but because they were inspired by it and admired the richness of the prose.
I'm all for that - readers find works important to them for a whole lot of reasons, just as profound and significant as any from the hallowed halls of academia or the smoking saloons of publisher's row.
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@seven needs to be @nine and let the humourists go for it.
That's 7 Days
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I get why people would get pissed off about that
Yep, it's pretty much the same as breaking out the shoe nugget when there are black actors out there who have the advantage of, oh, being black already. Or getting men to don dresses a la Shakespeare and co.
It happens because people still think of disability as an individual medical status rather than also being cultures that actually mean something when you portrtay them on screen. Deaf is not the same as "does not hear".
The sooner we get that, the sooner we all start looking for the positive contributions rather than seeing only cost, pain and brave tragedy.
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{works that denizens of literature departments recognise as important}
is not the same subset as
{works that readers relate to}For those of us not genuflecting at the altar of modernism, that can be read as:
works that readers believe are important
(which is likely to involve enjoyment, but let's not diminish that)
cf
works that anointed high priests believe are important
(or, is that a canon in your pocket?)Oh, and these things are not mutually exclusive. Quality is muti-dimensional and more about matching purpose which is varied. We don't all read (or watch telly or listen to music) for the same reasons or even for the same ones all the time.
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But who recognises their respectability?
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By respected recognisers
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almost a pisstake of the pisstake, I thought
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Surely canons are made by modern smithies; wordsmithies if you insist :)