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11076158 No.11076158 [Reply] [Original]

>real fiction
If you get to the end and you didn't understand it, that's the author's fault.

>"literary" fiction
If you get to the end and you didn't understand it, that's your fault.

Defend this.

>> No.11076168

>>11076158
define "real"

>> No.11076173

>>11076168
he means pseudcore written by his contemporary authors of choice, which everyone other than him says is bad, because it is
sage goes in all fields

>> No.11077657

>fiction
>"real"
???

>> No.11078933

>>11076158
Have you heard of the phrase, “casting your pearls before swine”? When you make things to easy for people to understand, or worse, explain it to them at the end, you limit the scope of interpretation and what can be learned. Working for it is part of the experience.

>> No.11079325

>>11076158
Define your terms. What do you mean by "understand"? It's very easy for most novels to leave an impression on your mind of a basic plot, no matter how complex, unfinished or "literary" the book is. So while its very easy to understand the plot at a functional level, its not so easy to understand what the book means/is about when it comes to the thematic content.

Both literary and "real" fiction can be understood, at least in terms of their plot points. However, the reason why literary fiction might leave you more confused is because of how it approaches broader topics and difficult ideas without providing any definitive answers– mediocre fiction won't attempt to address these burning questions, because mediocre writers believe a novel is all in the story and nothing else.