Here is a list of some of the Roman emperors who were murdered:
Julius Caesar (44 BC)
Caligula (41 AD)
Claudius (54 AD)
Nero (68 AD)
Galba (69 AD)
Otho (69 AD)
Vitellius (69 AD)
Domitian (96 AD)
Pertinax (193 AD)
Didius Julianus (193 AD)
Caracalla (217 AD)
Alexander Severus (235 AD)
Aurelian (275 AD)
Probus (282 AD)
Diocletian (311 AD)
Gore Vidal’s literary philosophy— “All fiction is by definition conservative,” ripples across the canon. 💠What Did Vidal Mean? When Vidal said fiction is "by definition conservative," he wasn’t exactly talking about political conservatism , though he enjoyed rattling those cages. He meant that fiction as a form tends to uphold structure, narrative closure, and the illusion of coherence in a world that is often chaotic, contradictory, and absurd. Here's how: Narrative Structure = Order : Most fiction—especially the traditional novel—follows a pattern: introduction, rising action, climax, resolution. Even chaos is carefully organized. That very act of imposing form is a conservative gesture, Vidal thought, because it tames life into something digestible. Closure = Consolation : Fiction usually ends with a resolution (even tragic ones). That’s comforting. It’s neat. It implies that problems can be solved, characters understood, and meaning found. Life isn’t lik...
Comments
Post a Comment