
Quelque chose comme ça... Je crois qu'il y avait une exception pour la simple fiction 'réaliste', mais je n'en suis pas sûr.
Aujourd'hui, ce genre de raisonnement "'logique' mais complètement dépourvu de bon sens" fait sonner l'alerte générale chez moi. Gare au gourou!
Mais dernièrement j'ai repensé à cette histoire, parce que je me suis rendu compte que cultiver l'imagination chez nos enfants est une nécessité si nous voulons inculquer le régle d'or. Car j'ai observé que les personnes qui sont les moins aptes à "faire aux autres commes ils aimeraient qu'on leur fasse" sont ceux qui n'arrive pas à se "mettre à la place de l'autre", ils n'arrivent pas à se projeter dans une autre réalité que la leur.
Et ils sont dépourvues d'imagination.
Alors n'ayez pas peur des Ents, ils sont gentils!

I think there was an exception for 'normal' fiction, but I'm not sure.
Nowadays that kind of "'logical' but completely devoid of common sense" thinking sets off my air-raid sirens.
I was reminded of these discussions recently because I realised that it is essential to cultivate our children's imaginations if we want to teach them the Golden Rule. I've observed over time that the people who are the worse at "doing unto others as they'd like to have them done to" are those who can't "put themselves in another's shoes": they can't project themselves onto someone else's reality.
Empathy is impossible without imagination.
So, don't fear the Ents, they're here to help!
Lots of thoughts on this one.
ReplyDeleteFirst, do such 'rules' change with the times. A novel written in Victorian times warned the heroine against reading novels, because frothy fiction of the Mills and Boon type disposes females especially to an unreal view of romantic love. More recently, folks have been wary of cinema.
Secondly, empathy and imagination are really good, but does one need fantasy for that? Why not historical novels or biographies set in other countries?
Thirdly, maybe a mixed diet is best. I worry about adults who only read fantasy.
Lots of things change with the times, including what's deemed appropriate or not.
ReplyDeleteI guess you could get by on historical novels and different styles of 'otherness'.
And yes, a mixed diet of 'good' quality reading is the best. That is probably subjective too...