/lit/ - Literature

How do you guys feel about profanity in literature? Do you like/hate it?

Does extensive use of profanity automatically disqualify a novel from being literary fiction?

Is there a highly regarded author who uses a lot of explicit language and yet is considered somewhat “highbrow”?

Me personally, I wouldn’t want it to be gratuitous, but I really think that in certain contexts it adds something to the table.

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