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bill_mchale · 02-09-2011, 05:05 PM

So does this mean that Dan Brown might be a great artist?

No offense, but in general, I find that much about how the way the literary elite, indeed the artistic elite in general has developed in the last 50-60 years has generally seemed to embrace the breaking of artistic conventions as art in and of itself. I.e., stuff I have seen literature critics write suggest to me that many of them don't care if the author they are critiquing can write a story (indeed, in some cases, seem to look down at the author if their work has a plot!) if the language is pretty or unusual enough.

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02-09-2011, 05:05 PM	#28
bill_mchale Wizard Posts: 1,451 Karma: 1550000 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch, HPC Evo 4G LTE	So does this mean that Dan Brown might be a great artist? No offense, but in general, I find that much about how the way the literary elite, indeed the artistic elite in general has developed in the last 50-60 years has generally seemed to embrace the breaking of artistic conventions as art in and of itself. I.e., stuff I have seen literature critics write suggest to me that many of them don't care if the author they are critiquing can write a story (indeed, in some cases, seem to look down at the author if their work has a plot!) if the language is pretty or unusual enough. -- Bill