Brandon Taylor on D.H. Lawrence & moral fiction

[davidfcooper]

Brandon Taylor: On D.H. Lawrence & moral fiction

“It all sounds very abstract, I know. But for me, it comes down to this: moral fiction is not fiction that affirms your ideology about power systems and oppression. It does not make you feel like a good and righteous person. It may have no lessons for you to tweet about or put on Instagram or explain

Comments

[achinhibitor]

I'd say this is the crux: "It is art that implicates and complicates your notions of good and bad." Which means that by definition it can't be "worn like a designer hair shirt", which is what most people want from "moral art".

[davidfcooper]

That and "Moral means you take your finger off the scale."