• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    I’m curious how 1984 is AP Lit. We read that years before AP classes were even available… Does that mean they get college credit for reading Orwell now?

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      There are university classes analyzing children’s picture books. It’s not about the difficulty of the book, it’s about the level of the analysis.

      1984 is quite unique as a piece of fiction, since almost a third of the book is an appendix about language and history. It’s an excellent book to analyze.