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"Just been thinking"

I just been thinking about how some forms of art has remained popular despite being 100 years old. Students today are still studing Dickens, Chaucer and of course Shakespeare.

Maybe in 100 years times students will be studing the Harry Potter books and cursing JK Rowling for all the exams they have to take on her work!

cRaCkHeAd wrote:
> Paradox: wrote:
> Harry Potter is a modern classic
>
> lol what a word modern classic.

It's a viable term I assure you.

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Paradox: wrote:
> Harry Potter is a modern classic,
>
> It's anything but a modern classic. She's offered nothing new
> to the genre at all. Amusing "popcorn" literature, but
> nothing else.
>
> [edit] Any don't get me wrong here; I've read the lot and enjoyed
> them (apart from the last one, which was pure boredom). Anything
> getting kids reading is a good thing in my opinion, but Harry Potter
> is the reading equivalent of a bike with stabilisers.

I've not even read then but the cult following they've gathered stinks of modern classic to me.

Paradox: wrote:
> Harry Potter is a modern classic

lol what a word modern classic.

Paradox: wrote:
> Harry Potter is a modern classic,

It's anything but a modern classic. She's offered nothing new to the genre at all. Amusing "popcorn" literature, but nothing else.

[edit] Any don't get me wrong here; I've read the lot and enjoyed them (apart from the last one, which was pure boredom). Anything getting kids reading is a good thing in my opinion, but Harry Potter is the reading equivalent of a bike with stabilisers.

the simpson wrote:
> go away

GO AWAY

His going to cry, poor you..

Harry Potter is a modern classic, whilst at the time Dickens or shakespeare werent incredibly popular, they became popular later for being ahead of their time. I cannot see students studying Harry Potter at anything above year 9 level.

I doubt Harry Potter books will gain such cultural status.

The Discworld novels maybe.

go away

~Darling~ wrote:
> I just been thinking about how some forms of art has remained popular
> despite being 100 years old. Students today are still studing
> Dickens, Chaucer and of course Shakespeare.
>
> Maybe in 100 years times students will be studing the Harry Potter
> books and cursing JK Rowling for all the exams they have to take on
> her work!

acually 400 years old shakespear, 150 years old dickens, chaucer?

ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> ah
>
> *feigns interest with one raised eyebrow*
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