Re:After my dad died, we found the love letters
by inglor_cz on Sunday November 23, 2025 @06:15AM
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"Do you also criticize Shostakovich because he doesn't write in the style of Beethoven?"
This is a bit more akin to Shostakovich insisting on using some notes that aren't playable on standard-tuned instruments.
"it forces the reader to pay closer attention"
It definitely forced me to pay closer attention, but not to the actual content of the text, but to the underlying grammatical structure. If the author wanted to bifurcate the reader's attention like this, they succeeded.
Re:After my dad died, we found the love letters
by machomaster on Sunday November 23, 2025 @09:32AM
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I would criticize the orchestra trying to play Beethoven, but substituting flute with vuvuzela.
Do you also criticize Shostakovich because he doesn't write in the style of Beethoven?
One could argue that a stylistic choice that slows down the reader is good because it forces the reader to pay closer attention. That is the extra processing has not only a cost but, plausibly, also a benefit.