In which I push back against an article warning about emotional identification with literary characters.
Tag Archives: Hannah Arendt
The Dangers of Emotional Identification
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Lit, an Antidote to Dehumanizing Media
The mass media, Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard complains, creates a remoteness from reality. Literature overcomes this remoteness by dissolving the distance between author and reader.
Could Beowulf Have Saved Jews?
In her book about Eichmann, Hannah Arendt praises the Danes for how they stood up to the Nazis. One can draw a parallel with how Beowulf stands up to Grendel and also apply the lesson to the Trayvon Martin case.
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