A Modest Proposal for The Future of the Western Canon
1h 16m | May 3, 2023Zach and Lee (sans Maddie) give Nick a proper hearing out of his modest proposal for the benefit of the literary canon. He had 8 main points as of this moment. What do you think?
1. Seriousness is not a virtue. Humor can and should be considered among the heights of literature. We recognize the genius of Aristophanes or Swift, but pure humor is rarely given a high place in the modern literary canon.
2. Sin is not to be celebrated.
3. Plot is more important than character.
4. Realism is not a virtue. Fantasy and science fiction have been and are immensely powerful tools in examining the big questions of the West.
5. A work gains canon status through merit, not characteristics of the author. We don’t need women or minorities to be artificially propped into the literary canon, though if deserved, they should be included.
6. True creativity is not the haphazard abandonment of established norms, but working well within them.
7. Retrieval of the Northern European (see Tolkien)
8. Mystery genre needs more respect
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