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I've read a lot of classic literature, but I always assumed this one was some sappy historical romance novel. After reading your description, this will be the n
by phaus 10y ago
I've read a lot of classic literature, but I always assumed this one was some sappy historical romance novel. After reading your description, this will be the next novel I read.
- crooked-v 10y agoThe biggest problem with a lot of classic literature isn't the literature itself, but that teachers treat it as some high and exalted work and never offer any of the native context that would make the ardent mess and bother of it really sink in. A classic example is Romeo and Juliet, which, if you're actually taught the language being used on a level beyond "old funny-sounding English I guess", is stuffed to the gills with teenage angst, jokes about teenagers being stupid, sexual insults, jokes about adults being stupid, bawdy flirting, jokes about sex, etc etc.