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literature in a few centuries

  • May. 13th, 2005 at 2:42 PM
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I just had an epiphany (as I'm plodding along at maths,) in a few centuries time; Britney Spears is going to be known as the Greatest Poet to have ever walked the Earth. Millions of students will be put through units where they discuss and dissect (wank, wank, wank) about the meaning of the line; 'Baby hit me one more time.'

No, I'm not kidding. Serious here. Think about it; Shakespeare was a pulp writer of his time, nowadays considered to be one of the Greatest Writer of all Time. How many poor High School students had to analyse 'Romeo and Juliet', or 'Othello'? Why? Apparently they are considered to be high literature when, back in the days, it was cheap entertainment. There's Dickens, Bronte, and a whole plethora of pulp writers of their day that are now a staple aspect of our education system.

Humanity is so doomed. Doomed I tell you. DOOMED.

(This entry brought to you by [livejournal.com profile] code_renegade's question on why Everything have to be read as sexual in literature. DOOMED I say.)

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[identity profile] nekomancy.livejournal.com wrote:
May. 14th, 2005 08:03 am (UTC)
Dear GODS >_< That's a brilliant epiphany, if only someone up high listened to it and actually did something about it... e.g. erase all proof of her existence?
[identity profile] naanima.livejournal.com wrote:
May. 15th, 2005 12:31 pm (UTC)
But I kind of like her. And yes, I know exactly how that reflect back at me >_<;;

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