#classical academic

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[the-evil-clergyman]

Odalisque by Delphin Enjolras (19th Century)

#delphin enjolras #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #academicism #academism #academic art #painting #french art #french artist #orientalism #concubine #odalisque #figurative #classic art

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

#fyodor Dostoyevsky #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark acadamia quotes #classic literature #english literature #literature quotes #literature #lit #poem #poetry #words #quotes #quotation #on life #grief #chaotic acadmeia quotes #chaotic academic aesthetic #grey academia #classic academia #book quotes #books and libraries #poets and writers #typography #dark academia #light academia #light acadamia aesthetic #spilled thoughts #spilled ink #poetic prose #my texts

[faerieicetea]

do you want to be a bookstore owner, cafe owner or a flower shop owner

#personally i'd like to be all three #maybe add some cats there as well #because who doesn't love cats sitting on your lap and purring while you're reading #light academia #classic academia #romantic academia #dark academia #light academia aesthetic #chaotic academia #cottage academia #dark academic aesthetic #light acadamia aesthetic #chaotic academic aesthetic #cottagecore #cottage aesthetic #cottagestyle #cottageblr #positive #positivity blog #positivity #mental health #self love #self care #self healing #inner work #inner child #inner strength #inner thoughts #inner healing #spilled words

[justafeeling]

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[the-reverii]

@the-reverii

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[happyheidi]

the full moon in paintings

#she’s a stunner alright #cottagecore #nature #naturecore #art #art detail #full moon #paintings #artwork #classic academia #dark cottagecore #light academia aesthetic #light academism #dark academia aesthetic #dark academism #moon #sky #clouds #water #sea #ocean

[edwardian-masquerade]

"And then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?"

-Vincent van Gogh

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[xjackxv]

𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔦𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔶 𝔴𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫?

#academia #chaotic academia #dark academia #classic academia #literature #uni #aesthetic #college #english literature #lit #green academia #dark acamedia #dark acadamia aesthetic #light academia #academia aesthetic #academics #chaotic academic aesthetic #romantic academia #cat #catlover #duck #croissant #chocolate #brown #brown moodboard aesthetic #brown aesthetic #brown moodboard #brown sugar #autumn aesthetic #autumn

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: liberaureum

#dark academic aesthetic #dark academia #dark academic #light academic #light academia #light academic aesthetic #bookblr #bookshop #bookstore #literature #classic literature #vintage style #vintagedecor #vintage aesthetic #vintage clothing #beige tones #beige fashion #beige aesthetic

[yourhoneymoongirl]

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[berlinsct]

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[the-evil-clergyman]

Wassernixen by Josef Wawra (1920)

#josef wawra #art #paintings #fine art #1920s #1920s art #academicism #academism #academic art #painting #austrian art #austrian artist #mythical creatures #mermaid #mermaids #classic art

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

#isabel allende #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark acadamia quotes #classic literature #english literature #literature quotes #literature #lit #poem #poetry #words #quotes #quotation #dark academia #classic academia #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia #chaotic acadmeia quotes #chaotic academia #chaotic academic aesthetic #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #writing #books and libraries #book quotes #typography #academia #aesthetic #academia aesthetic #grey academia

[faerieicetea]

behind every hot girl is a tbr of 100+ books

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[justafeeling]

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