Yes. I have various reasons for feeling a prejudice against it when I haven't even read it. And sometimes I suspect that the average snobbery against it is becuase it's written for the young, and the things that teens love are often sneered at by adults for no reason better than ageism - something I do not approve of. All the more so because these books particularly appeal to girls, and things that appeal to female readers are often considered the literary lowest of the low. (Just mention genre romance in genteel company.)
As josanpq was saying to me: these books make teenagers read, make them read eagerly, when they wouldn't otherwise be reading anything. In the case of her students, they're even reading them in something other than their native language. This is a very good thing.
But on the face of it, these books look to me like another teen fad.
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timeasmymeasure
Re: Twilight...
Date: 2008-09-04 02:54 pm (UTC)As
But on the face of it, these books look to me like another teen fad.