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16475825 No.16475825 [Reply] [Original]

Books aren't inherently profound or compelling, it is a critic's analysis that projects complexity onto a work of fiction. A good enough critic will find just as much to write about on Alice in Wonderland as he will on War and Peace.

>> No.16475850

>>16475825
dimwit post

>> No.16476536

>>16475825
>Books aren't inherently profound or compelling, it is a critic's analysis that projects complexity onto a work of fiction. A good enough critic will find just as much to write about on Alice in Wonderland as he will on War and Peace.
is this a reference to the movie Metropolitan (1990)? Main dude said the exact same thing

>> No.16476548

>>16475825
Partially right. There's more in War and Peace than Harry Potter but there's more work needed on analysis

>> No.16476571

>>16475825
Yes. The ideas they present can be profound. But otherwise words can be used to write more words for the sake of writing more words.

>> No.16476601

>>16475825
>The value of criticism depends on the values of the drone.
>Most criticism is born as droning, not criticism.
>The drone, not the critic, is the one who defines criticism, and rates it.
>The critic is merely a vehicle for the aesthetic/ideology of the drone.
>The drone is the real critic.