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You cut off that quote too soon: > Passing references to Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, and even my unit about The Odyssey, confine literary merit to a very
by hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
You cut off that quote too soon:
> Passing references to Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, and even my unit about The Odyssey, confine literary merit to a very small, very old, very white, and very male box.
Ahh yes, you shouldn't have to read Dostoevsky because he was just an old white guy. FWIW when I was a kid I had to read the Odyssey and books like Beloved and I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings in high school, so I think this article author is being a little selective with her examples.
- watwut 2y agoThe quote is about literature being "confined" to it. Meaning the overall impression from the reading list you get is that literature is something of the past and concerns only certain race and gender. The comment refers to what Horowitch’s article counts as literature, not what your teacher/school system counted as a literature.
- ethbr1 2y agoIt's ironic that in a comment section on an article bemoaning the death of reading comprehension, so many comments skim and miss points the author was making.