NP : Was " genres are literature too" thread

[Markekohut]

Yes, barren cause it is self-derivative, self - limited. And maybe a genre epic is a contradiction in terms.

Or as I first wrote, genre must be transcended to possibly be lasting literature. ( Shakespeare did it)

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On Oct 14, 2012, at 1:48 AM, Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe it's just no one has written a serious genre epic? Problem with genre (fiction) seems to me to be that it can stray too easily into camp. Can't imagine a true genre epic because the ground's been trodden barren.
> 
> P.
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> On 14 October 2012 09:51, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I cannot find the lat post on this, from Paul M., I think, but posting one differing opinion
>> Still seems necessary to me.
>> 
>> On theme: which is in my use not just a topic or subject but a vision of a topic or subject.
>> War:     Topic of The Iliad and All quiet on the Western Front, for example. Themes quite different.
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>> And perhaps themes even the best mysteries cannot have?
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>> But I' m now threadbare on this thread
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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