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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
Most modern works are written to entertain; they are written for escapist purposes.
So the question is, should fiction that is not didactic or mimetic be considered knowledge? Of course, your answer to this question will depend on your definition of knowledge, so it would be helpful to give that as well.
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We are at the end of the post-modern era, and are glimpsing the new era, to which we have yet to name.
In the postmodern times, it did not matter what purpose a work was intended to convey by its creator, all that mattered was what the interpreter gained from the work. In the new era...
EVERYTHING IS INSTRUCTIVE IF YOU ARE WILLING.
