#every writer now feels the need to have a self-aware protagonist commenting on the occurences in the text as a wink to the audience | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

meezer · 1 year ago

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series of dominoes where the first one says "martin luther posts the 95 theses" and the last one says "every contemporary book, movie, game, fanfiction protagonist is snarky and sassy as a mirror for an audience that is in constant dialogue with the text"

#feel free to steal my idea and use it to get clout in academia. just remember where you came from yk #no seriously I do think it's an interesting thesis (heh)#protestantism encouraged believers to interpret and even question (to an extent) scripture #protestantism spreads like crazy and is very very heavily tied to the rise of capitalism and capitalist values #i.e. protestant work ethic etc #every writer now feels the need to have a self-aware protagonist commenting on the occurences in the text as a wink to the audience #it's deep-rooted protestant values making out sloppy with postmodernist reevaluation and skepticism of narratives #maybe one day someone will fall in love with me for my beautiful mind.#this post goes out to ann and linda who I know will maybe find it interesting. thank you

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