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> Historical fiction
Historical fiction is the best literary genre because:
A) You already know what happens, spoilers don't matter at all. You could spend hours researching the events and the novel would still have aesthetical relevance.
B) Not even the political aspects are detrimental to it even though political fiction is probably the lowest of the genres. Has all the intrigue of political fiction and none of it's tasteless qualities.
C) Society is understood in it's complexity, randomness and particularities, making the moral values presented in the story as both singular and universal.
Thoughts or criticisms?

>> No.16033504

>>16033437
Why yes War and Peace is the best novel ever writen

>> No.16033533

>>16033504
>War and Peace
That's a funny way to spell Brothers Karamazov

>> No.16035193

>>16033437
>You already know what happens
That is dumb tho

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>>16033437
>>16033504
>Why yes, Don Carlos is the best play ever written

>> No.16036400

>>16033437
agreed. i dont fislike fiction, but a large part of it is crafting a lived in world as a srage for real human expression. however, this world is litterally the most in depth nuanced thing possible since all those suv words exist in it as well as a already created setting with all the qualitative particulars imaginable as well as more pressing impact in terms of the narrative. fantasy fiction can sometimes explore interesting stuff, but its harder to make it trully compelling.