Cambridge Deems Twilight Worthy of Analysis
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just a question to all the people here.. you all proclaim twilight is shit... but have any of you ever actually read the books? or are you just jumping on the bandwagon?
Interesting. Part of me is excited but the other part must facepalm. Quite the double-edged sword, no?
Oh no, I read it. My friend told me it was a vampire romance novel. I didn't like it, but I don't constantly bad-mouth it either.Pink_Pirate said:
I don't get the big deal. All he seems to be saying is that there must be something to it if so many people like it. There are lots of people I know who feel the same way about Star Wars as I do about Twilight. I wonder if these dudes just write this crap up so they get name checked and get more street cred or something.
He just says they are going to be aware of it, It's not like Homeric Epic or Tolkien or anything.
Though I know if I ever had a kid who read twilight I would sit them down to to the Lost Boys and watch it over and over until they understood how the teen vampire should be.
He just says they are going to be aware of it, It's not like Homeric Epic or Tolkien or anything.
Though I know if I ever had a kid who read twilight I would sit them down to to the Lost Boys and watch it over and over until they understood how the teen vampire should be.
It's just as worthy of analysis as anything else that's ever been written. However, this trash is so poorly written and with so little subtlety that it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes to completely analyse, making it unworthy for sustained critical study.
Seriously, the fact that the academic world is analysing this shite while they have yet to properly recognise writers like Kerouac is just ridiculous.
Seriously, the fact that the academic world is analysing this shite while they have yet to properly recognise writers like Kerouac is just ridiculous.
I disagree with the decision to add Twilight, not because it is bad(which it is) but because it is blatantly obvious what the whole overarching metaphor is; abstinence. Having an analysis is unnecessary for any university student.
So they're putting porn [http://www.lsureveille.com/juxtaposed-notions-twilight-is-cleverly-disguised-porn-for-women-1.1600058] in schools alongside other cultural phoenomenon?
Are they also going to study porn targeted at adolescent guys alongside Twilight? I have to be honest I wouldnt be that interested in studying a novel that tells me how wonderful Edward is over and over, and describes his 'appealing' features as though I should be drooling over it. But I would do it if it meant the same treatment was in store for guys I suppose...
Are they also going to study porn targeted at adolescent guys alongside Twilight? I have to be honest I wouldnt be that interested in studying a novel that tells me how wonderful Edward is over and over, and describes his 'appealing' features as though I should be drooling over it. But I would do it if it meant the same treatment was in store for guys I suppose...
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean its shit and lacks any subtext. (I do not like Twilight) And just because you do like something doesn't endow it with some deeper meaning. (I do like FFVII, Disctrict 9, etc.) There are actually a few underlying themes in Twilight that i've read about, a large one being abstinance.Elesar said:
Interesting...as long as the books and the words inside them are not analyzed but what they have done. Studying a peice of shit that flew into our atmosphere and left a crater is still justifiable.
However If I went to the school and I was given a Twilight book I would return it or give them the money to buy a new one and burn it right in front of them.
However If I went to the school and I was given a Twilight book I would return it or give them the money to buy a new one and burn it right in front of them.
Guys this is a good thing. We'll finally be able to figure out why women enjoy Twilight. An then we can exploit it...
Although this thing made me rage a little I do see why they want to research it. Twilight, no matter how shitty it is, is wildly popular among stupid teenagers and (in some rarely reported cases) housewives. And the question that I have been turning my brain upside-down to find the answer for is "why?". Cambridge University is going to attempt to answer that question. I just hope that the book doesn't destroy their humanity in the process of studying it, as it has with so many other pitiful souls.
EDIT: then again, forcing people (as in the students)to read it is a little extreme. If you want to figure out why it's popular, ask a social scientist to read it. Not students who don't want to read it (at least, I hope they don't)
EDIT: then again, forcing people (as in the students)to read it is a little extreme. If you want to figure out why it's popular, ask a social scientist to read it. Not students who don't want to read it (at least, I hope they don't)