Why is magical realism the only fantasy favored by academia,

I though bradburry and burroughs and that guy who wrote conan were still studied in writing classes.

>>9770684

Bradbury wrote dystopian novels.

>Conan
>studied in classes

>>9770684
>conan

wait u mean i can read some pulpy shit like conan and get away with it

im so bored of modernists crap, proust is ok but the rest sucks, i either need some pynchonian japes and gags, or maybe some pulpy shit to get me back in the mood to turn pages

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>>9770678
There are entire journals dedicated to Tolkien.

Harvard != academia. Berkeley != academia. Stop paying homage to The Cathedral. Academia is wherever people come to learn. The beast you choose to feed is the beast that will grow stronger.

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>>9770678
Even more confusing, why is The Man in the High Castle considered genre fiction and The Plot Against America literature, when they're both about dystopian Nazi Americas?

>>9770755
highcastle was written by a goy, plot against america was written by one of the chosen people

>>9770690
>The Cathedral
gay