CANCEL BOOKS (AND PEOPLE)
CANCEL BOOKS (AND PEOPLE)
Author(s): Cristina Matilda VanoagaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: Cancel Culture; cancelled literature; Shakespeare; children’s literature; Dr Seuss; dystopia;
Summary/Abstract: The present article is part of a larger work aiming at approaching the recently all-encompassing phenomenon of Cancel Culture through the lens of interdisciplinarity. I intend to highlight the totalitarian/ dictatorial aspects of Cancel Culture, starting from a grid of similarities with literary dystopias imagined by various authors. Cancel Books (and People) presents some recent requests for cancelling books or authors based on a critique concerning their political correctness and exemplifies with two worldwide known authors: William Shakespeare and Dr Seuss, also highlighting the dystopian aspects of recent events.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Philologica
- Issue Year: 24/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 189-200
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English