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"Dead White Males" is a satirical play by David Williamson that critiques the traditional literary canon and the impact of political correctness on education. Set in a university context, the narrative follows a group of students and their professor, Grant Swain, as they grapple with the relevance of classic literature, particularly works by "dead white males" like Shakespeare.
The characters challenge Swain's views on literature, feminism, and multiculturalism, arguing that the canon fails to address contemporary societal issues. As tensions rise, themes of identity, power, and the purpose of education emerge, ultimately questioning who gets to decide what is valuable in literature and whose voices are heard. The play combines humor and drama to explore the complexities of cultural representation and academic discourse.
In short very informative and insightful.
The characters challenge Swain's views on literature, feminism, and multiculturalism, arguing that the canon fails to address contemporary societal issues. As tensions rise, themes of identity, power, and the purpose of education emerge, ultimately questioning who gets to decide what is valuable in literature and whose voices are heard. The play combines humor and drama to explore the complexities of cultural representation and academic discourse.
In short very informative and insightful.
"I’m unsure if I would recommend this drama to anyone. It’s very graphic and heart wrenching to read. But that's not a big problem as it can be helped by trigger warnings. The real issue is that it’s based on a true incident from 1982 in Santa Cruz, Bombay, and the real story is even more disturbing. Not recommending it feels like ignoring the reality, since this actually happened to someone, in front of many people who watched and did nothing, treating it like any ordinary day."
"A political manual that redefines leadership with pragmatism and strategy." But it's not boring so yeah definitely a 5/5 read.
This book is totally worth of hype. Go for it.
I don't know how I'm feeling right now after reading this book, this book is basically a genre called splatterpunk, and that's not what I was expecting this book to be before reading it, or after reading the title, I guessed this is going to be a short sad romance book, well their is romance in it, but idk if I should call it romance or insanity.
This is such a bizzare book, and I've never read anything like this before, but also I don't actually hate this book, is I guess it's because of all the crime podcasts I've listed in past 2-3 months, and now I kinda know that humans have no limits.
And also I'm using the word bizzare because I feel that this is bizzare for alot of people, and people can literally have nightmares if they understand the intensity of the words written in it.
In short i guess I should say that it's a very sadistic book, but I enjoyed it, and would like to read something more like this in future, cause it was a escape for me from what I usually read.
This is such a bizzare book, and I've never read anything like this before, but also I don't actually hate this book, is I guess it's because of all the crime podcasts I've listed in past 2-3 months, and now I kinda know that humans have no limits.
And also I'm using the word bizzare because I feel that this is bizzare for alot of people, and people can literally have nightmares if they understand the intensity of the words written in it.
In short i guess I should say that it's a very sadistic book, but I enjoyed it, and would like to read something more like this in future, cause it was a escape for me from what I usually read.
Small Spoiler alert !!
This is the last classic of my fifth semester course of English literature, and also one of the longest book I've ever read, thick books always intimidated me, idk why but also my attention span is soo small, that I get bored with anything in very short period, and that type of pushing feeling with any book not justice with a writer, I feel bad for them, and I also don't like leaving book in the middle, but after a lot of preparation I picked this up and decided to finish it slowly so that I can justify every emotions of this book, and I also think that finishing such a long book in few days won't justify the hardwork of writer, every book is blood, sweat and tears for it's writer.
Writing is indeed very nice, as well as very simple, it's also easy to understand even for beginners, who want to get into classics and I love these type of simple to understand books. This book is basically an autobiographical novel, so one should have patience with it.
This is my first time trying Charles Dickens, and even though this book intimidated me I would for sure go for his other works cause I like his style of writing and explaining emotions, my most favourite chapter was (Spoiler ahead) the one in his wife dies and how everything he explains in it, the emotional rollercoaster was really good, and in the end of the chapter there is this line -
"it's over. Darkness comes before my eyes; and, for a time, all things are blotted out of my remembrance"...........this line literally made me sad and this line and this chapter are the main reason I'm going to pick up Mr. Charles works again.
This is the last classic of my fifth semester course of English literature, and also one of the longest book I've ever read, thick books always intimidated me, idk why but also my attention span is soo small, that I get bored with anything in very short period, and that type of pushing feeling with any book not justice with a writer, I feel bad for them, and I also don't like leaving book in the middle, but after a lot of preparation I picked this up and decided to finish it slowly so that I can justify every emotions of this book, and I also think that finishing such a long book in few days won't justify the hardwork of writer, every book is blood, sweat and tears for it's writer.
Writing is indeed very nice, as well as very simple, it's also easy to understand even for beginners, who want to get into classics and I love these type of simple to understand books. This book is basically an autobiographical novel, so one should have patience with it.
This is my first time trying Charles Dickens, and even though this book intimidated me I would for sure go for his other works cause I like his style of writing and explaining emotions, my most favourite chapter was (Spoiler ahead) the one in his wife dies and how everything he explains in it, the emotional rollercoaster was really good, and in the end of the chapter there is this line -
"it's over. Darkness comes before my eyes; and, for a time, all things are blotted out of my remembrance"...........this line literally made me sad and this line and this chapter are the main reason I'm going to pick up Mr. Charles works again.
It's such a beautiful book. The descriptions are so vivid that you can visualize every character. It's the kind of book that should be read slowly, perhaps with a cup of evening tea. But, due to my unfinished syllabus and upcoming exams, I have to read it in just a day. Thankfully, it's only 130 pages, so that's manageable. Still, I'd love to give it a proper re-read in the future.
"It's sad to see how my limited vocabulary fails to capture what I felt while reading this drama. Every emotion, every flashback hit me deeply. By the end, I was left in tears, just staring at the wall, lost in thought. The question lingers: who was truly at fault here?"
I hope I can get chance to watch it getting enacted in theatre.