IMO
Literature (storytelling because that is what it is)is to entertain, enlighten, or evoke the emotion of an audience. If someone writes a book, and 10 million people lay their money down to buy and enjoy it, then it is great, even if someone with a degree does not like it.
If ever literary critic in the world lines up behind a novel declaring it to be the best thing ever written, but noone else enjoys it, then it is garbage.
Art for the sake of art, is art for nothing.
Literature (storytelling because that is what it is)is to entertain, enlighten, or evoke the emotion of an audience. If someone writes a book, and 10 million people lay their money down to buy and enjoy it, then it is great, even if someone with a degree does not like it.
If ever literary critic in the world lines up behind a novel declaring it to be the best thing ever written, but noone else enjoys it, then it is garbage.
Art for the sake of art, is art for nothing.
1961 Nobel Finalists: J.R.R. Tolkien
- 19/01/2012 09:27:46 AM
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It's difficult to assess Tolkien's relative merits then 51 years later.
- 19/01/2012 02:41:52 PM
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Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me
- 19/01/2012 02:58:00 PM
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Tolkein is an excellent example why I usually dismiss literary critics/critiques
- 23/01/2012 05:57:51 PM
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Tolkien. Please. You're doing your entire argument a disservice there. *NM*
- 23/01/2012 06:42:12 PM
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You can't dismiss his impact, even if you do not like his storytelling.
- 23/01/2012 07:40:19 PM
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That's an odd argument
- 23/01/2012 07:51:49 PM
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Not really
- 23/01/2012 10:35:39 PM
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