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Who cares? If people enjoy it, let them enjoy it. I've read a few YA novels as an adult that I enjoyed, even though I regularly read more complex stuff. Most p
by squigz 11mo ago
Who cares? If people enjoy it, let them enjoy it. I've read a few YA novels as an adult that I enjoyed, even though I regularly read more complex stuff.
Most people, for most of history, have only ever enjoyed what might be considered "low quality" entertainment - pulp fiction, shitty plays, etc.
> real novel that isn't so bounded by tropes or genre limits.
Interestingly, even discounting YA and other stuff like that, you are only describing a very small subset of novels.
- SubmarineClub 11mo ago>Who cares? I do? Why would I want my kids to be consuming crap when they could be engaging with great works and high art?
- pavel_lishin 10mo agoWhat if that's not the choice? What if the choice is "engage with art they enjoy and appreciate, or not at all"?
- Telaneo 10mo agoThey're great works to you, and a slog to them. They can read Minecraft strategy guides and Yahoo auction fan fics for all I care, since that's a lot better than nothing. I remember not wanting to read what school assigned me and how that killed my desire to read most fiction writing, and would prefer that not happen to more kids. Art is a matter of taste, and if you go counter to your audience's taste, don't be surprised if they disengage.
- squigz 10mo agoBecause what constitutes "crap" and "great works and high art" is highly subjective both to personal tastes and the culture of the time.
- Aerroon 10mo agoIf the works are so great then you've got nothing to worry about. Kids will read them on their own. Of course we both know that's not true, because the works are not that great.
- TitaRusell 11mo agoJane Austen was considered pulp. So was Charles Dickens. And Conan Doyle. Nobody considered those high literature back in the day!
- ThrowawayR2 10mo agoThat cherry picks the best of the best without comparing them with the other 99.9% of their contemporaries who were pulp authors. They and their literary output are forgotten for good reasons.
- squigz 10mo agoI don't think GP is cherrypicking anything; rather, illustrating how what is seen as slop one day may be seen as "great works" down the road.
- ThrowawayR2 10mo agoAre you suggesting Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, or Conan Doyle were considered slop during their own lifetimes? If not, my point stands.