Abstract Fiction

[thomas kyhn rovsing hj=?ISO-8859-1?B?+A==?=rnet]

> < Let me ask a question however. Is it necessary that novels (novels that
>> > we also consider works of art)   say anything.  >
> 
Regarding Œworks of art,¹ isn¹t that quite an elastic (not to say
problematic) category here? Particularly when applied in a
normative/evaluative way. If literature is included in a general category of
art, then all novels are works of art with no regard to artistic or literary
merit. Or?

Thomas