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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 7, 2011 23:11:05 GMT -5
You know, I've often thought about this: you know how letters are literature? Like, how one would read the letters of Emily Dickinson. Well, since letters have fallen out of favor, their equivalent would be email. So, wouldn't emails be literature as well?
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 7, 2011 23:12:09 GMT -5
I refuse to accept that.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 7, 2011 23:12:52 GMT -5
You know, I've often thought about this: you know how letters are literature? Like, how one would read the letters of Emily Dickinson. Well, since letters have fallen out of favor, their equivalent would be email. So, wouldn't emails be literature as well? Welcome to my side of thinking! EVERYTHING IS LITERATURE. Tomato = tomahto. |
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 7, 2011 23:14:59 GMT -5
Hey, hey, hey that one email you received from me was a masterpiece. It was clearly literature. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 7, 2011 23:15:37 GMT -5
Hey, hey, hey that one email you received from me was a masterpiece. It was clearly literature. You should tell your mother that, unless you mean the one concerning a certain Presence in the Library. |
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Post by Marina on Jun 7, 2011 23:17:17 GMT -5
If we're going to start arguing about this, then again an e-mail can be written as well as War and Peace or as badly as something you consider non-literary.
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 7, 2011 23:18:34 GMT -5
You know, I've often thought about this: you know how letters are literature? Like, how one would read the letters of Emily Dickinson. Well, since letters have fallen out of favor, their equivalent would be email. So, wouldn't emails be literature as well? Welcome to my side of thinking! EVERYTHING IS LITERATURE. Tomato = tomahto. See, I basically agree with this. If there is such a thing as literature, everything'd have to be included. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 7, 2011 23:19:39 GMT -5
See, I basically agree with this. If there is such a thing as literature, everything'd have to be included. Why? |
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Post by Marina on Jun 7, 2011 23:20:36 GMT -5
See, I basically agree with this. If there is such a thing as literature, everything'd have to be included. Why? Why not? |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 7, 2011 23:22:24 GMT -5
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 7, 2011 23:26:13 GMT -5
See, I basically agree with this. If there is such a thing as literature, everything'd have to be included. Why? Because if it uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretations, I really can't imagine how it's not literature. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 7, 2011 23:27:43 GMT -5
Because if it uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretations, I really can't imagine how it's not literature. "Literature is the written word which uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretation." |
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 7, 2011 23:33:41 GMT -5
Because if it uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretations, I really can't imagine how it's not literature. "Literature is the written word which uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretation." Is it possible for me to disagree with my own interpretation? Stephen King's On Writing exists for (somewhat) practical purposes. Textbooks exist for practical purposes, as do anthologies. |
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 7, 2011 23:34:11 GMT -5
Because if it uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretations, I really can't imagine how it's not literature. "Literature is the written word which uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretation." I kinda like this! |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 7, 2011 23:38:30 GMT -5
Because if it uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretations, I really can't imagine how it's not literature. "Literature is the written word which uses language to translate meaning, exists for non-practical purposes, and is open to interpretation." "Exists for non-practical purposes"? I believe that literature serves entirely practical purposes. What isn't practical about a gained understanding of the human psyche? If you need "harder" evidence, here's this poem by William Carlos Williams, alerting the reader as to the status of hir missing plums: If I were the person whose plums WCW ate, I'd consider this a fairly practical poem. And to anyone who argues that the form is impractical, I disagree -- it probably did more to diffuse the plum-owner's anger than any prose note could. |
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