Question

From the following quote, decide whether the statement is more progressive or traditional.

There is no 'essence' of literature whatsoever . . . any writing may be read 'poetically'. If I pore over the railway timetable not to discover a train connection but to stimulate in myself general reflections on the speed and complexity of modern existence, then I might be said to be reading it as literature. (Terry Eagleton)




traditional
progressive

Answer 1

@Opcode can u help me

Answer 2

seems progressive to me.

Answer 3

Progressive he/she is kind of unorthodox and mentions modern things like a train which was very modern at the time