1/5 Makis K. 1 year ago on Google • 2 reviews
Attended
a
reading
group
on
Chekhov's
Uncle
Vanya.
The
facilitator
made
it
clear
from
the
beginning
that
this
would
be
a
''free
and
inclusive''
group
where
all
sorts
of
questions
could
be
explored.
Well,
I
would
take
that
to
mean
that
people
who
don't
have
enough
time
to
read
and
analyse
the
works
of
Chekhov-simply
because
they
have
to
work
in
the
real
world-but
are
interested
in
learning
more
and
contributing
to
the
discussion,
would
be
able
to
get
some
brief
background
knowledge
of
the
book
and
the
author
so
they
could
say
something.
Isn't
this
what
happens
with
liberal
arts
courses
at
universities
as
well,
even
though
you
are
supposed
to
do
the
reading
before
you
attend
the
class?
If
it
can
happen
there
then
surely
it
can
occur
in
a
book
club
I
presume.
Yet
the
reading
group
was
heavily
focussed
on
the
plot
and
overall,
only
those
with
prior
knowledge
of
the
book
and
the
author
could
comment.
Everything
about
this
''reading
group''
was
elitist,
pretentious
and
exclusive
and
reinforces
quite
negative,
stereotypical
views
that
people
have
about
literature.
This
comes
btw
from
someone
who
is
an
avid
reader.
Enjoy
your
next
reading
group.
I
for
sure
won't
be
attending
and
I
hope
other
people
will
do
the
same
after
reading
this
post.
Life
is
too
short,
too
wonderful,
too
full
of
opportunities
to
waste
one's
time-in
a
quite
SAD
manner
to
be
frank-on
pretentious
non-sense
like
this.
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