/lit/ - Literature

Whether or not I like it

Genre literature follows a basic narrative structure that can be used repeatedly with little change to anything but names. Genre literature exists because the writer wants to say something.

Capital L Literature, while it may follow a predictable narrative structure in the way genre fiction does, attempts to impart a larger message through elevated use of literary technique. They address questions at the heart of the human condition, struggle with philosophical problems, and serve as a reflection of the culture in which it was written. Literature exists because the writer has something to say.

>>7068725
Literary fiction makes a case for seeing the world a certain way. It can be challenging but you find something unique at the end that came from the author's heart, like diving into deep, water for pearls.

Genre fiction invents a world for the readers to sink into without clashing with their view of the real world or even alluding to it, like a warm bath.

>>7068725
>Dat file name

>>7069307
You sayin' that genre is born from a whim while Literature is born from a compulsion?

if its any more magical than 100 years of solitude then its genre fiction

>>7068725
Literature is anything written down, you dolt

>>7069747

>>7069494

I'm saying there's a difference in intention.

genre creates a space for an artist to fill. An uncarved block in which one can chisel that holds a framework of ideas, but in the case of Tolkien or Asimov it sets the stage for a new theater to perform in. A brand new way to express an idea or an interesting thought.

I'm not too sure which category this fits into though

http://www.physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf

If you read enough it becomes painfully obvious TBH