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It also has the appeal of being descriptive instead of being prescriptive. (Just like linguists for English vs French). Tropes aren't good or bad, they just are
by alexvoda 4y ago
It also has the appeal of being descriptive instead of being prescriptive. (Just like linguists for English vs French). Tropes aren't good or bad, they just are. And with time they become fashionable or unfashionable.
Traditional literally criticism always had a prescriptive feel to me. In the worst cases, it was just elitist hate.
Note that many artifacts considered masterpieces today were disregarded at the time of their making
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoPrescriptivist and often irrelevant. Even when it’s correct, it often isn’t on concepts high schoolers can relate to. More often, it feels like one of those hokey dream dictionaries applied to books.