Comments on: Does Anybody Know What Literature Is? http://karenknowsbest.com/2005/10/04/does-anybody-know-what-literature-is/ The book crazy blogger who has an opinion on everything, from Britney Spears to the global economy Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Dawn http://karenknowsbest.com/2005/10/04/does-anybody-know-what-literature-is/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 Dawn Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:32:00 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=183#comment-1496 Well, what is written on the back of a cornflakes box could be considered literature. Some of it is quite interesting.

Even that I might read something that is absolute pants, it is still literature, though bad literature IMO.

]]> By: Sam http://karenknowsbest.com/2005/10/04/does-anybody-know-what-literature-is/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 Sam Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:51:00 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=183#comment-1495 Methinks you traipse where angels fear to tread, lol.
I would say literature is to something you can read as a painting is to something you can look at and music is to something you can hear.
Now take in consideration the human beings penchent for putting things in catagories and trying to weed out the good from the bad, and you get confusion. I really think people get confused when they use words. They are starting to associate highbrow or intellectual literature with just plain literature – maybe because the word has more than one syllable. Romance books gets dumped on, sure, but so does anything that doesn’t please the eye, ear, or brain of the beholder who is dumping. (lol)
I personally think that one must please oneself and not fall into the ‘Emperors New Clothes’ syndrome and go along with what everyone is raving or ranting about. It is a question of taste and education, and there are whole worlds od disparity there.
And I don’t think anyone looks in the dictionary anymore, because then you wouldn’t get the heaving and frothing at the mouth over words like porn. ;-)

]]> By: Rocio http://karenknowsbest.com/2005/10/04/does-anybody-know-what-literature-is/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 Rocio Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:55:00 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=183#comment-1493 well in all the human expression known as art, they are a few “experts” who seem to determine good from bad. Even though we all know that in taste and apreciation there’s no law!

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