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Is there a future for the novel as an artform?

>> No.13371773
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>>13371742
Ever since Don Quixote every novel has been a tired imitation. Cervantes began and ended the novel.

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>>13371742
Ever since The Tale of Genji every novel has been a tired imitation. Murasaki began and ended the novel.

>> No.13371832

A novel is a long line of sentences. Is that really a specific form or is it just kind of how English works by default?

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>>13371742
Ever since A True Story every novel has been a tired imitation. Lucian began and ended the novel.

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Ever since The Vagina Ass of Lucifer Niggerbastard every novella has been a tired imitation. Wunjo began and ended the novella.

>> No.13371935

>>13371742
Trash movie

>> No.13371992

>>13371742
Yes. As stylish paperweights, or occasionally when you need to prop up something like a chair leg.

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>>13371742
Ever since Infinite Jest every novel has been a tired imitation. DFW began and ended the modern novel.

>> No.13372306

Ever since every novel has been a tired imitation. Began and ended the novel.

>> No.13372499

>>13371742
Absolute garbage film tbqh

>> No.13372514

>>13371742
Sure, google "Routledge companion to experimental literature" and just think about the greatest forms of literature like say the epic poems like Faust, Prelude, Cantos, or Paradise Lost

>> No.13372543

>>13371742
shit artform, read epic poetry

>> No.13372552
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The novel has no future.
The prose-poem however...

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>>13372543
Well said, anon. Thank you for defending my honor. As a reward, you may have one invocation pass. Simply say my name, and I, Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry and Eloquence, will manifest and fill your words with winged breath.

>> No.13372756

>>13371832
length determines content, for example, short stories are often one observation, novellas for incidents with background, and novels for character developpement. rule of thumb. no law.

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>>13372756
My point is that the novel as a form (long line of text) is different from the novel as a genre or "tradition", with all the conventions that have grown around that. Formal experimentation is great but in this case form and content should be decoupled.

>> No.13373848

If the novel has no future, the question is what comes after it? Now that is an actually interesting question, remember that the novel is somewhat new itself, it might just be a trend. Please don't say anything digital.

>> No.13373862

>>13373848
Memes

>> No.13373922
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I watched a youtube video of a writer proclaiming the death of the serious novel. His argument was compelling.
I ain't posting the link because ya'll a wretched congregation of fuck.
But yeah, we're moving into a visual culture as opposed to a text based culture as Michael McClure would say
post2016/lit/ is an example of this

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there will always be a place for pulp fiction, genre fiction etc. But real literature is fucked. And no it is not the consequence of jews or "liberals" dominating the media

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>So Far So Good. So Far So Good. So Far So Good. So Far So Good. So Far So Good. So Far So Good.

>> No.13375283

No bright ideas for future forms of the novel or forms that will come after it?

>> No.13375288

>>13375283
I honestly think that narrative poetry is going to make a comeback. Something written with meter and rhythm. Something you can chant in a performance. Poetry is powerful and it will never die.

>> No.13375295

>>13373922
post the video retard

>> No.13375426

>>13375288
Based Museposter.