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Originally Posted by taosaur
General fiction relies on convention: structured plot, near-journalistic (or alternately, florid) prose, easily recognized character relationships, and typically a third-person omniscient or roving third-person limited perspective. Literary fiction may discard an advancing plot (The Sound and the Fury), specific characters (If on a Winter's Night a Traveler) or even spelling and syntax (Finnegan's Wake), operating by its own rules. It requires more effort of interpretation from the reader, but it can convey thought-structures beyond the means of conventional storytelling.
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Thank you
That was exactly what I was trying to say, especially this. "... It requires more effort of interpretation from the reader, but it can convey thought-structures beyond the means of conventional storytelling." This is exactly what makes it 'harder' and overall more rewarding to read - for me.