[ SECRET POST #2539 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2539 ⌋

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Comments

[logicbutton]

I see what you're saying, but I don't quite agree that interrogating Victorian literature from a modern viewpoint is disingenuous. I get the sense that you're seeing meta on the racial attitudes of Doyle's characters as unfair criticism of a group of people raised with entirely different values, but (speaking for myself; I don't know what the secret OP has in mind) the point isn't to criticize, but to explore the effect of culture on individuals, the definition of progressivism, and the way that art (including literature) influences and is influenced by its time. In other words, its value ultimately comes not from what we know about Doyle or Victorians in general; it comes from how we can use the knowledge gained from analyzing them to learn about ourselves - how we can use literature to gauge the attitudes of our time and use that knowledge to interpret our own reality and challenge our personal values.

[dreemyweird]

^This comment is perfect and I agree with everything it says. Like, yes, judging period literature makes perfect sense if we are talking "understanding how this culture works and influences people" rather than "lol all the Victorians would be such arseholes by the modern standards" (not that I think this is what the anon upthread is saying). It's "cultural flaws", not "individual flaws" - or rather, "individual flaws inspired by culture", maybe.