{"id":395,"date":"2017-02-22T16:11:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=395"},"modified":"2017-02-22T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T21:11:10","slug":"the-dangers-of-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/the-dangers-of-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers of Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1024px-thumbnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-400 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1024px-thumbnail-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1024px-thumbnail-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1024px-thumbnail-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1024px-thumbnail-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1024px-thumbnail.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I found the image by Gustave Dor\u00e9 that we looked at in class today to be very interesting. It shows Don Quixote going mad from reading his books. This is representative of a common idea in\u00a0the Middle Ages, that literature was potentially dangerous. Dor\u00e9&#8217;s engraving depicts Quixote reading a novel and the novel coming to life all around him. The characters from the book, however, include knights, fighting, and monsters. His surroundings seem to be corrupting his mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I like the comparison of the dangers of literature to the dangers of video games today. It is commonly agreed upon that books are not very corruptive in nature (although some might argue that certain genres\u00a0are not suitable for specific audiences). When it comes to video games, however, even the most innocent games, such as Tetris, are considered to be a waste of time, turning brains to mush.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What causes people to label books or games as corrupt? Does genre make a difference? Why do we not think books are dangerous today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found the image by Gustave Dor\u00e9 that we looked at in class today to be very interesting. It shows Don Quixote going mad from reading his books. This is representative of a common idea in\u00a0the Middle Ages, that literature was potentially dangerous. Dor\u00e9&#8217;s engraving depicts Quixote reading a novel and the novel coming to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/the-dangers-of-literature\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Dangers of Literature&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}