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nemesis — 4 years ago(January 09, 2022 12:13 PM)
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/students-given-e2-80-98trigger-warning-e2-80-99-over-e2-80-98distressing-e2-80-99-charles-dickens-and-charlotte-bronte-texts/ar-AASAohh?ocid=uxbndlbing
The content warning accompanies a reading list given to students on the BA English literature course.
It states: “‘There are scenes and discussions of violence and sexual violence in several of the primary texts studied on this module. Some students may find the content of the following texts distressing.”
Great Expectation, published in 1861, follows the life of an orphan who comes into a large fortune from a mysterious benefactor and enters high society in London.
Published in 1847, Jane Eye charts the romance between Bronte’s eponymous hero and the troubled Mr Rochester.
Both works are considered canonical texts that are widely studied on literature courses.
I read Great Expectations in school at the age of 12, without trigger warnings I might add! -
Adam60z — 4 years ago(January 09, 2022 10:37 PM)
Actually these books were originally all banned by the right. It was the so-called left who believed in no censorship. Dickens, while not a socialist, was an extreme critic of the capitalist system and champion of the underclass, i.e. much in common with socialism. As for Bronte?
https://jvc.oup.com/2020/03/24/the-radical-politics-of-wuthering-heights/
Now I admit there are certain segments (and they are fringe) that wants to ban literature. But it's the far left AND far right who want to censor ideas that aren't theirs. Hitler, Mao, Stalin, and Trump all believed in free speech for ideas they agree with.
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FrttsFeet — 4 years ago(January 12, 2022 05:59 AM)
Damn right! being liberal actually meant something back in the day (the only real one left in the media is Bill Mahr) The free speech movement at Berkeley showed us that the only antidote for speech you don't like is adding to the conversation with counter speech you do like, not eliminating everything that offends you.
Stinky flip-flop feet -
nemesis — 4 years ago(January 09, 2022 10:25 PM)
Wuthering Heights is a great story, mind you it was incredibly hard to like any of the characters, I found it difficult to read in some respects.
I read it during a particularly turbulent time of my life and just concentrating on the text was strangely soothing to me.
I enjoyed Tess of the D'Urbervilles immensely and other favourite are Silas Marner and Precious Bane. -
CorNelley — 4 years ago(January 09, 2022 11:36 PM)
I think the point is to make the characters hard to like yet relate too. Heathcliffe was such an ass yet you feel sorry for the man. He was an outcast. She was spoiled. My friend made me a mug. Let me figure out how to post it. SO cool!!!!
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Black Winter — 4 years ago(January 09, 2022 10:45 PM)
Same here. Great Expectations is the most compelling literary work I have ever read. Had it not been for that book I would likely have grown up to be almost as stupid and useless as warrenpeace. Truly great stuff.
Relax, faggot.
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