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secret--history · 8 months

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I know that 'The Secret History is a satire' is an extremly prevalent take, and I think it came about as a response to the idea that tsh "romanticises" things like classist ideas/substance abuse/murder, but like. It can be unsupportive or critical of the characters without being a satire. Satire is not the word you're looking for here

#tsh #the secret history #And frankly in my opinion it is also an incredibly boring and reductive interpretation anyway #Like. There's so much else to chew on here.#Fate. the ancient vs modern digression vs obsession dichotomy happening. Identity/loss of self.#The immortality/death/ghost/memory thing. The unreliable narration.#The way their paths notably shape them but remain illusory. Fate.#You're missing out on so much if you only interpret it as a satire.#And frankly. Satire is a specific thing that is not this.#Like you can argue that ONE of the things happening is an intentional criticsim of the characters but #a. That's not automatically the same as satire b. That's not the only thing happening #c. You could debate whether 'criticsim' is really the word to use here anyway #As opposed to like. Being self aware of and intentional about the characters flaws and #using them to further illustrate and exlore the stories themes.#Like. You wouldn't call blood meridian a 'satire' just because the narrative is 'critical' of the judge.#That's not how anything works. Having flawed/amoral characters does not mean #you have to make the entire point of the work into a denunciation of them.

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