The highest form of morality is not to feel at home in ones own home." Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us to question what we took for granted. It questioned traditions and expectations when they seemed too immutable. I told my students I wanted them in their readings to consider in what ways these works unsettled them, made them a little uneasy, made them look around and consider the world, like Alice No País das Maravilhas, através de olhos diferentes. "
(The highest form of morality is not to feel at home in ones own home." Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us to question what we took for granted. It questioned traditions and expectations when they seemed too immutable. I told my students I wanted them in their readings to consider in what ways these works unsettled them, made them a little uneasy, made them look around and consider the world, like Alice in Wonderland, through different eyes.")
Em "Reading Lolita em Teerã" de Azar Nafisi, o autor discute o impacto da literatura sobre nossa compreensão de nós mesmos e do mundo ao nosso redor. Ela postula que as maiores obras de ficção geralmente criam um senso de alienação dentro de nós, desafiando nossas crenças e tradições estabelecidas. Esse desconforto leva os leitores a reavaliar o que sempre aceitaram normalmente e os leva a explorar novas perspectivas. Nafisi incentiva...