Comment by cycomanic

I suggest a similar experiment and let some English professors explain the meeting of some contemporary rap songs. I guess they would struggle as well (depending on which song one chooses). Now the professors likely would argue that the rap songs are not relevant, which tells me they (as English professors) are simply not interested how their language evolves.

All that to say it's difficult to read and understand texts that are from a culture you're not familiar with. And I would argue that one can be perfectly fine as an English major in the US not being familiar with Dickens.