So did Shakespeare, and they're consistently trying to marginalize him.
I think the biggest thing with Dickens is that his work can be turned into arguments in favor of progressive points of view. Christmas Carol = "see how the rich are exploiting the common man!" Oliver Twist = "see how the system was (or is) exploiting poor innocent children!" Heck, I could even see someone trying to twist Tale of Two CIties into an argument about how Darnay shows how we should be more welcoming to refugees.
That’s true but A Christmas Carol is a great redemption story and Scrooge didn’t need the govt to make him change his ways. But I could totally see it being perverted.
I have no problem if you want to include quality not white authors. Key word quality. Like I think Booker T Washington’s Up From Slavery is a great book because it shows that where you start in life doesn’t have to be where you end up.
But we live in the west so it’s imperative to learn about the great western authors.
I won't miss either one, but what substitutions are they plugging in their place?
If they ever try to cancel Dickens, the first bloody battle of literature wars is on!
They wouldn’t be dumb enough to do that. Dickens has a massive impact on literature
So did Shakespeare, and they're consistently trying to marginalize him.
I think the biggest thing with Dickens is that his work can be turned into arguments in favor of progressive points of view. Christmas Carol = "see how the rich are exploiting the common man!" Oliver Twist = "see how the system was (or is) exploiting poor innocent children!" Heck, I could even see someone trying to twist Tale of Two CIties into an argument about how Darnay shows how we should be more welcoming to refugees.
That’s true but A Christmas Carol is a great redemption story and Scrooge didn’t need the govt to make him change his ways. But I could totally see it being perverted.
I have no problem if you want to include quality not white authors. Key word quality. Like I think Booker T Washington’s Up From Slavery is a great book because it shows that where you start in life doesn’t have to be where you end up.
But we live in the west so it’s imperative to learn about the great western authors.