controversial related texts... (1 Viewer)

[eliseliselise]

in a similar style to the 'R related texts' thread- do you think it would be considered inappropriate to include Nabokov's Lolita [the novel] as an ORT for my upcoming assessment task? unlike films, there's no rating or anything and by no means am I glorifying or accepting Humbert's way of life.. but it fits so perfectly with what the assessment task encompasses, and its written so beautifully- i just can't resist!!

any thoughts/feelings etc appreciated!!

 

[wendybird]

i wouldn't say Lolita is a very controversial/cotentious text these days...

i mean my sister in year 9 is studying it!

i suppose the controversy may arise if you take a particularly extreme view that is disturbing to social norms or political correctness.

but that doesn't sound like what you're doing anyway, so i can't see any problems.

 

[ongitsanjali]

i don't think you should have a problem...

it's fairly common, i have a friend who did it last yr

 

[eliseliselise]

excellenttttttttttt

that's especially reassuring if year 9 kids are doing it!! aah how times have changed...