“humans were meant to-” “we were put on this earth to-” no we were not, the telos is a trap, find a less obnoxious way to phrase whatever point you want to make i am begging you
learning to historicise, recognising shoddy scholarship, paying attention to the actors involved and their class interests, the political economy of the production of any art or media are all part of media literacy but unfortunately doing close readings of classic literature will not teach you this. the literature fandom on this website is getting engineer disease where you start thinking other fields and modes of criticism don’t have any expertise bc you’ve surrounded yourself with other people swallowing your hype.
