New University » Hitting the Books: Witches and Wizards and Vampires, Oh My
Witches and Wizards and Vampires, Oh My: “They’re everywhere. No matter how hard we try to avoid them, we just can’t. ‘Twilight’ author Stephenie Meyer’s Edward Cullen and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter are all over our Facebook walls, newsfeeds, quizzes, groups and bumper stickers. Especially those damn bumper stickers. As much as we hate seeing them when trying to find a witty or humorous bumper sticker to remind our friends of last night’s rendezvous, we can all honestly say that we recognize which characters an actor has played and which book-turned-movie they’re in.
This recognition of fictional characters is what the National Endowment for the Arts (NAE) would call an effect of ‘Reading on the Rise.’ In a 2008 study, the NAE found that for the first time in more than 25 years American adults are reading more literature. This increase in literary reading (referring to the reading of any novels, short stories, poems or plays in print or online) was particularly high among the young adults group (18 to 24-year-olds). So it’s no wonder why all that’s seen on women’s Facebook pages nowadays are fictional male characters and the 10 reasons why they’re superior to our mortal male friends.”
(Via New University.)
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