最高形式的道德形式不是在自己的家中感觉到宾至如归。在仙境中,通过不同的眼睛。”
(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.")
在阿扎尔·纳菲西(Azar Nafisi)的《德黑兰读书》中,作者讨论了文学对我们对自己和周围世界的理解的影响。她认为,最伟大的小说作品经常在我们内部产生疏远感,挑战我们既定的信念和传统。这种不适会促使读者重新评估他们一直接受的正常水平,并促使他们探索新的观点。纳菲西(Nafisi)鼓励她的学生拥抱这种令人不安的感觉,以此作为更深层反思的催化剂。
纳菲西(Nafisi)强调,伟大的文献邀请我们走出舒适区。通过在熟悉的环境中像一个陌生人一样,读者可以面对社会规范和期望的僵化。通过这个镜头,例如“爱丽丝仙境”(Alice In In Wonderland),是研究我们自己现实的强大工具。最终,受到文学的启发,质疑和反思我们世界的行为丰富了我们对生活的道德和哲学理解。