Active Users:568 Time:08/09/2026 01:36:54 PM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 Send a noteboard - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM
.....just came to the conclusion that in many cases, they are wrong. This is based on my educational background and plenty of personal trials of the "great" novel and authors of the ages. A couple examples.....all Transcendentalism blows, this single dumbest book that was ever proclaimed as great is the Sound and the Fury, Moby Dick is 50%+ fluff, etc. However, I have read every Hemingway novel and am a huge fan. I never would have tried it if it wasn't for my 20th century American lit class in college.

I'm happy to hear that you are open-minded and disagree with the elites and I certainly have no problem listening to them more than me. That's fine.

On the one hand, you've never even heard of Thomas Mann, a Nobel laureate in literature and one of the most influential writers of the Twentieth Century, and then you tell ME not to "blindly follow" these "literary elites"? Do you even know who the literary elites are? Have you actually bothered to read what they have to say? If there's any blindness here, it's clearly with you, because you haven't even bothered to acquaint yourself with the things you're dismissing. You're blindly REJECTING literary elites here.

I'm not going to say that I agree with literary elites all the time - I frequently disagree, in fact, but Larry's point generally holds true - I'm going to put more weight on their opinions than on yours.
Reply to message
Brandon Sanderson plans 36 books in his 'Cosmere' setting Werthead - 19/02/2012 11:45:24 AM 5210 Views
Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM? Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM 1892 Views
A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* Orange - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 886 Views
I just wish he'd be done with the RJ shit and go back to writing his own books. Tom - 19/02/2012 05:40:59 PM 1818 Views
well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now.. jh - 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM 1665 Views
Agreed on both points..... Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1812 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint Tom - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1827 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1807 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1762 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1887 Views
Storytelling is crucial... DomA - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1978 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1821 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1814 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1723 Views
Literature is subjective cortez1 - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1826 Views
Very well said..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 849 Views
I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks. Tom - 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM 1921 Views
Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1695 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1990 Views
Oh, come now... fionwe1987 - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1980 Views
When it comes to evaluating schema, I'm not going to trust someone who only had English 101 Larry - 21/02/2012 11:26:03 AM 1734 Views
Mostly agreed cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1828 Views
Mostly true Larry - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1849 Views
Re: Mostly true cortez1 - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1588 Views
Larry = snob Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1792 Views
Amusing Larry - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1783 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1737 Views
No, I read that and didn't disagree that there couldn't be works that had both (read other comments) Larry - 21/02/2012 09:23:31 PM 1870 Views
See I think the word "entertaining" is misleading cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:31:59 PM 1775 Views
Uh...Faust is a play. Doctor Faustus is a novel. The former is Goethe, the latter is Mann. *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 12:00:22 AM 851 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 875 Views
Just checking... *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 843 Views
I suppose fame is relative, but the most famous Doctor Faustus, to me personally, is indeed a play. Legolas - 22/02/2012 07:29:59 PM 1627 Views
On the subject of people who drop out of the canon Tom - 23/02/2012 01:07:10 AM 1830 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. Tom - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1834 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1841 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1834 Views
Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM 1761 Views
This is where your own rethoric defeats you... DomA - 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM 1853 Views
Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... Anonymous2000 - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1547 Views
Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... DomA - 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM 1848 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" DomA - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1826 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1923 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 910 Views
Seems like an awful lot. everynametaken - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 2025 Views
Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different beetnemesis - 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM 1859 Views
I thought he was just recycling the name at first. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 02:09:57 AM 916 Views
Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different j-whitt987 - 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM 2020 Views
Same here- I didn't know about the Cosmere at all until I started poking around online beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 03:25:36 AM 1782 Views
Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM 1815 Views
It's likely to stay that way... DomA - 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM 1908 Views
I think he can actually do both Werthead - 20/02/2012 03:31:00 PM 1972 Views
Re: I think he can actually do both DomA - 20/02/2012 06:34:30 PM 2053 Views
I love it. Nate - 19/02/2012 10:00:28 PM 1699 Views
Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM 814 Views
I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM 1614 Views
The one issue I had with that book... Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM 1714 Views
Waxillium! *NM* beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 10:47:03 PM 832 Views
WAXILLIUM! *NM* Darth_Katie - 04/03/2012 07:39:37 AM 1065 Views
Why is that an issue? I think those names are great. callandor1000 - 23/02/2012 05:31:51 AM 1685 Views
Do you not like puns? *NM* Kaldric - 06/03/2012 01:38:31 PM 913 Views
BS- The Fantasy Stephen King? xtet19x - 21/12/2012 08:12:21 PM 1489 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes