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09-25-2002, 02:54 AM | #1 |
Wight
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Tired of being attacked!!!(or The Defense of Fantasy)
Ok, I'm not sure how to put this, to make myself understood, but lately I've grown really tired of people, who think that fantasy-literature is only "escapism" and it isn't really "high literature" at all and that I'm certainly only going through a "phase" in my life (and that my interest in Tolkien is some sort of regression), now that I'm suddenly interested in fantasy!!(Phew, what a long sentense [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]...)
I'm constantly "attacked" like this...To make matters worse,I'm over 20 and I study comparative literature and I've ALWAYS been someone very cynical and intellectual, and I guess everyone's now totally shocked, when I'm suddenly interested in this "nonsense"-literature. It SO makes me lose my nerves!!!I'm entitled to like whatever literature I like, and fantasy (especially Tolkien) has totally changed my life (to a positive direction), added a new dimension to my (before so boring) life and i'm really excited about it, but I don't know if I'll be able to defense myself time after time or is it easier to just give up... I don't know...does anyone have same kind of experiences? Are you treated like "childish" or "nerd", because of your Tolkien-interest?
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