… Literature Is Dead (According to Straight, White Guys, At Least) - Joel Breuklander - The Atlantic. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
I don't know which is sillier, the "literature is dead" mantra or this peculiar take on it. After all, you can't say something is not so just because only straight white males say it is.
First, what in the world does the decline of English majors have to do with the death of literature? Literature did just fine before that major was devised. Did Breuklander read Klinkenborg's piece or just notice that it had appeared.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I find interesting the aside about the fellow who was accused "(perhaps unfairly)" of bullying someone into suicide. If perhaps unfairly, why mention it? If the author thinks it's a true bill, why be coy?