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the point of literature. HyogaRott Send a noteboard - 24/01/2012 01:30:28 PM
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.
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There's a lot more to it than that. - 23/01/2012 07:20:30 PM 679 Views
True - 23/01/2012 07:57:42 PM 667 Views
You can't dismiss his impact, even if you do not like his storytelling. - 23/01/2012 07:40:19 PM 734 Views
Who is dismissing that he influenced millions well after 1961? - 23/01/2012 07:54:27 PM 663 Views
That's an odd argument - 23/01/2012 07:51:49 PM 748 Views
Not really - 23/01/2012 10:35:39 PM 599 Views
Eh... - 24/01/2012 12:40:37 AM 625 Views
Depends on what you see as the point of literature. - 24/01/2012 08:14:07 AM 583 Views
the point of literature. - 24/01/2012 01:30:28 PM 694 Views
NO - 24/01/2012 02:05:11 PM 566 Views
Re: NO - 25/01/2012 02:54:57 PM 564 Views

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