Please tell me he doesn't think Dan Brown writes literature. My gods, if there was ever crap writing, that'd be it! I tried to read one of his books and couldn't get past the first chapter, it was so horribly written. Yuck, yuck, yuck. JK Rowling is a million miles ahead in the literary stakes!
*froth froth foam*
I had a similar argument over whether Tolkien wrote literature. I couldn't believe that anyone would think his work wasn't literature! It made me realise though, I don't actually have a clue what literature *is* - how it's defined, what features it has, and whether underpants are necessary or merely optional.
I read a quote by Stephen King the other day - he said something along the lines of "My writing is the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries". I thought that was wonderful.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2007-07-26 04:05 pm (UTC)*froth froth foam*
I had a similar argument over whether Tolkien wrote literature. I couldn't believe that anyone would think his work wasn't literature! It made me realise though, I don't actually have a clue what literature *is* - how it's defined, what features it has, and whether underpants are necessary or merely optional.
I read a quote by Stephen King the other day - he said something along the lines of "My writing is the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries". I thought that was wonderful.
Ok, now I'm going to read that analysis.