PrincessJos
PrincessJos t1_j6k14o2 wrote
Reply to comment by ISayISayISay in The 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader by swedish_librarian
According to my google search Bovary-ism (or Bovarysme) denotes a tendency towards escapist daydreaming in which the dreamer imagines themself to be a hero or heroine in a romance, whilst ignoring the everyday realities of the situation. The eponymous Madame Bovary is an example of this.
PrincessJos t1_j6k0csd wrote
Reply to comment by lucia-pacciola in The 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader by swedish_librarian
Agreed, honestly, once the story/poem/etc is out there, it belongs to the reader in this sense.
PrincessJos t1_j6k26ii wrote
Reply to comment by GalaxyMosaic in The 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader by swedish_librarian
I think this was posted as a lighthearted list of things that many readers would look at and laugh or smile in recognition that at different times we might want do one or all of these things. As opposed to trying to impose some kind of rules on people or trying to turn reading "into a toxic fandom," which, it seems, you are the only one doing.
The rest of us are just smiling and laughing and having fun with this. :)