Violence and Sex in Liteature
There is this Historical Liteature forum I recently discovered and joined up with, and a discussion that was occuring there made me think of something I seem to frequnetly notice that I find intresting. And was wondering if I am just the wierd one, which would not surprsie me really.
But anyway, they were talking about Ken Folletts book The Pillars of the Earth which I am reading right now and happen to love. But I noticed a lot of people complaining about the book because of its violence, and sex, in particuar scenes of rape within the book.
I have also noticed there have been a few other books and authors there I have heard complaints about for simillar reasons. For one example there is this seiris I am reading about prehistoric America, by Micheal Gear and Kathleen O' Neal Gear and I have heard people complain about that serirs becasue of its occurances of rape.
Though in my personal opinion in both these cases it was not excessively done and it was right in line with what would have really occured in the time period being written about.
Really scenes of sex, violence and rape within a novel do not bother me if they fit well into the story.
So I was just currious as to what other people feel about the portrayal of sex and violence within liteature.