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 'Salman Rushdie' leads the procession of 'Rewrite', a famous youth literary work by 'Roald Dahl'. |
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| 'Salman Rushdie' leads the procession of 'Rewrite', a famous youth literary work by 'Roald Dahl'. |
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Famous writers postedSLOTXOon Twitter. Critics have simmered at Roald Dahl's project to edit popular youth literature, arguing it aims to reduce the impact on young readers' negative feelings.
Yesterday (February 20, 2023) it was reported that Puffin Books, a well-known children's and youth literary publisher affiliated with Penguin Books of England, has hundreds of language and character editing projects. In the writings of young literary writers 'Roald Dahl' who created many popular works
Examples of revisions include the character 'Umpa-Lumpas' in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory being "neutral" and changing the term used to refer to the character 'Augustus Gloop' as " Big, gigantic" instead of "fat"
The character description for 'Mrs. Twit' in The Twits was changed from "ugly" to "fierce" and the word "Cloud-Men" in James and the Giant Peach was revised. is “Cloud-People”
The change was due to pressure from readers who were "sensitive" to the use of literary terms. Causing the publisher to find a way to compromise with this group of people It works with an editorial team to find and edit words related to gender, skin color, weight, violence and mental disorders. This may have a negative impact on readers' feelings.
Dahl's word-correcting project has sparked controversy, with prominent author Salman Rushdie, who was recently under the watchful eye of the Iranian government and was recently attacked at a forum and injured. Is someone who opens an issue on Twitter. His posts have been viewed more than 4.4 million times and retweeted more than 5,600 times.
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