Cambridge Deems Twilight Worthy of Analysis
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At first I was like "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"
But then I read the article, and it actually made sense. We need to figure out why female preteens read this stuff. There has to be something they see in it that we don't.
But then I read the article, and it actually made sense. We need to figure out why female preteens read this stuff. There has to be something they see in it that we don't.
Me too. And I got my two friend into it. I'd like to see another book, maybe just a chronicle of some of Bartimaeus adventures. Cause he's an awesome character. But those books would be perfect. I mean, he switches perspective. How many books do that? And studying games would be awesome. Friend of mine managed to write about how videogames teach about narrative for the english exam. He got 25/30, and our teacher thinks that was harsh lol...scotth266 said:
Now hold on a second.
Twilight is terrible and doesn't deserve to be called literature, this is true. Yet, despite this, it's currently the most popular teenage romance novel and one of the biggest franchises IN THE WORLD. I'd sure as hell like to know how that happened, wouldn't you?
Twilight is terrible and doesn't deserve to be called literature, this is true. Yet, despite this, it's currently the most popular teenage romance novel and one of the biggest franchises IN THE WORLD. I'd sure as hell like to know how that happened, wouldn't you?
If kids only ate twizzler and skittles would this guy say "okay we're going to change our luch menus to all twizzlers and skittles" "We could just say it's just junk food, but that's the lazy way out, there's a deeper reasoning behind this." No, no there isn't sometimes kids just like this crap, look at the pokemon anime. Hold on all you spider monkies because kids are in for one heck of a ride!Tom Goldman said:Cambridge Deems Twilight Worthy of Analysis
Center director Professor Maria Nikolajeva says of the new material: "It's easy to say that these things are just kids' fashions or that they're trash, but I don't believe that's good enough. If what we regard as trash is popular with young people, we need to know why and whether, as researchers and teachers, we can offer them something that addresses the same needs but also deals with these themes in a critical and ethical way."
Source: VG247 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8500657.stm]
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This is a great example of how cultural studies are constantly mis-understood. The usefulness of disciplines like science and math are inherently easy to understand, and have never had to explain themselves to anyone. By contrast, I think the field of cultural studies needs to better explain itself to the public at large. Right now, it's just an obscure branch of humanities with a very small group of practicioners. But it should be more accessible. Especially in an age where we're saturated in media and not thinking about the consequences, we should teach children how to think and read critically. "Why am I addicted to 'Twilight'?" "Why would someone of my background be drawn to 'Twilight'?" "Why was such a book written now, and why did it sell so well?" We should get used to asking, and tentatively answering, these kind of questions as a habit, not just within the confines of a "pretentious" and cloistered academic discipline.
if they want to research stuff that apeals to kids why twillight? it mostly apeals to the insane!
It's inherent to human nature to try and understand such calamity as the TwiCult Rise. Their there and we need to find a way to fight them. Cambridge is now their headquarters it seems, for all it's good intentions, Cambridge just doesn't understand the disease like WW2 American Military didn't understand radiation. We don't need to analyze Twilight more than we have, hell, this forum thread has gotten it down to a science, we need to burn the books, get past SMeyer's absurdly protective brother, and make SMeyer denounce the TwiCult. Also, fire works (even in Twilight, so we can mock them as they burn "where is Eddy now"... hehhehehe.....).
What's wrong with that? They're looking into why it's popular, they're not saying it's great. They want to know what it is that attracts people to the books and get some kind of an understanding to the psychology behind this.
It's the same as most 'old literature' that was considered trash in it's time. People won't be studying this in hundreds of years time, but you can't deny that it's a huge phenomenon in modern pop-culture.
Or we could just be all snobbish and say 'it's trash' because that's cool and easy, right?
It's the same as most 'old literature' that was considered trash in it's time. People won't be studying this in hundreds of years time, but you can't deny that it's a huge phenomenon in modern pop-culture.
Or we could just be all snobbish and say 'it's trash' because that's cool and easy, right?
And the director is an middle aged woman. Figures.
While the idea of expanding, beyond conventional literature isn't bad, I got the feeling they will probably, screw it up somehow.
While the idea of expanding, beyond conventional literature isn't bad, I got the feeling they will probably, screw it up somehow.
"children's literature"
Wow, that was perenially epic. It was a long time since I've laughed that hard. It's funny because it's true. We're all taking this the wrong way, perhaps they're analysing it as evidence towards how society is slowly morphing into a giant housefly, gorging on the festering shit excreted from talentless hacks who lust for money.
Potential exam questions: "To what extent did the iq average drop upon the release of Twilight?"
"How far would you agree that females familiar with Twilight have degenerated into souless, fashion obsessed, oblivious, obedient, sexist drones?"
"Stephanie Meyer is the Uwe Boll of literature. Discuss."
The best thing to do is ignore Twilight. Stephanie craves attention and money, it's why she allowed the film series to be conceived. I say we organise a public book burning of all the Twilight novels.
Oh wait, they just compared Twilight to Alice in Wonderland, didn't they? Well, it is ironic, how I, as an adult, hate Twilight, but love Alice in Wonderland, a book aimed at children. I suppose Twilight is more juvenile, then.
For more information refer to Kevin Smith at Comic Con.
Wow, that was perenially epic. It was a long time since I've laughed that hard. It's funny because it's true. We're all taking this the wrong way, perhaps they're analysing it as evidence towards how society is slowly morphing into a giant housefly, gorging on the festering shit excreted from talentless hacks who lust for money.
Potential exam questions: "To what extent did the iq average drop upon the release of Twilight?"
"How far would you agree that females familiar with Twilight have degenerated into souless, fashion obsessed, oblivious, obedient, sexist drones?"
"Stephanie Meyer is the Uwe Boll of literature. Discuss."
The best thing to do is ignore Twilight. Stephanie craves attention and money, it's why she allowed the film series to be conceived. I say we organise a public book burning of all the Twilight novels.
Oh wait, they just compared Twilight to Alice in Wonderland, didn't they? Well, it is ironic, how I, as an adult, hate Twilight, but love Alice in Wonderland, a book aimed at children. I suppose Twilight is more juvenile, then.
For more information refer to Kevin Smith at Comic Con.
ahhhhhhh. hahaha.
It's actually very clever. Dismissing something because it's trash, and saying it's popular only because people are idiots, isn't good enough on an analysis level.
It's actually very clever. Dismissing something because it's trash, and saying it's popular only because people are idiots, isn't good enough on an analysis level.
It's a bloody teen crush romance book with the sub plot that they are vampires, with a ditsy confused girl in the middle of the whole thing...nothing more.
I only know because I was dragged through watching the movies by the missus, bloody snooze fest.
I only know because I was dragged through watching the movies by the missus, bloody snooze fest.
