[ SECRET POST #2636 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2636 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Do you give old fictional works more of a pass than recent ones?

[dreemyweird]

This attitude exists, but it's not a scale so much as a "yes or no" situation. People who reject things that are written differently from the modern texts just reject them, they don't give them less of a pass. Their whole set of standards is different. Whereas when we have people who are, in principle, willing to give old books a go, their standards are flexible enough to be applied to modern and non-modern literature alike.

Re: Do you give old fictional works more of a pass than recent ones?

[intrigueing]

Hmmmm...I've seen a lot of reviewers read old books and praise various elements while bitching about how the writing style is "bad" and the book would be better if the style was all different (read: Hemingway'd), but you're right that at least among more casual readers, it tends to be more yes/no.

Re: Do you give old fictional works more of a pass than recent ones?

[dreemyweird]

Wow, that's weird. And more than a trifle silly.

Although IDK if I'd judge someone's enjoyment standards. Like, if they try to say that a book would be technically better if the style were modern, it's one thing (a claim of someone hilariously incompetent). But if they are saying that they personally don't enjoy it, that's up to them, I guess.

eta: oh, and I'm so using the verb "to Hemingway".

Re: Do you give old fictional works more of a pass than recent ones?

[intrigueing]

Yeah, IA. It bugs me when people phrase it like "oh obviously this book ought to be written differently for everyone's sake." (And hell, even if I would like a different style of writing better, when it comes to certain things like old translations of ancient epics and stuff, I wanna see something authentic, even if it's a pain in the ass, not an update!)

LOL I came up with "Hemingway" as verb during a creative writing class a while ago. The opposite is Dickensify (which IS NOT OBJECTIVELY BAD WHEN USED IN MODERATION YOU KNOW fuck stupid modern-obsessed unimaginative teachers *grumble grumble*...)