It's all political!!!

Aug. 13, 2006

Literary Tools
These ideas are inspired by How To Read Literature Like A Professor.

It seems quite funny that this time I am posting about the Political Chapter when I have been involved in more political discussions this week than usual.

It's All Political
1. Knowing the social climate and a few political details helps you understand the author's point of view.
2. A 'political work' that is so specific to its time and place, is often boring and carries no meaning for modern readers.
3. A writing that engages the reality of its world, usually carries a universal quality that modern readers can find compelling and engaging.
4. Politically minded people could make every novel political, by saying every work either is part of the social problems or part of the solution to social problems.
5. The best writers, tell a political story that leads the reader on a journey where at the end of it the reader then realizes the message.
6. Some of the best political storytellers: Sophocles, Dickens, Poe, Irving, Ibsen, Shaw, Morrison.....


In books my favorite Political novels are A Christmas Carol, Alice and Wonderland, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist and The Scarlet Pimpernel. In plays I love Les Miserables, A Dolls House, and Cabaret. In movies my favorites are Gattaca, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, and Stand and Deliver.