>old genre fiction gets called "literature" >my

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Anonymous 2016-09-14 10:26:32 Post No. 8507231 [Report]

>old genre fiction gets called "literature"
>my all-seeing eye when

so how long does it take for popular genre fiction to become a literary classic? 20 years?

Anonymous 2016-09-14 10:43:22 Post No.8507252
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 10:43:22 Post No.8507252 [Report]

That means Harry Potter will be eligible next year

Anonymous 2016-09-14 10:51:45 Post No.8507263
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 10:51:45 Post No.8507263 [Report]

>>8507252
Jesus fucking Christ, I can't believe it's that old.

Anonymous 2016-09-14 11:05:30 Post No.8507281
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 11:05:30 Post No.8507281 [Report]

>>8507231
>>old genre fiction gets called "literature"
Examples?

Anonymous 2016-09-14 11:25:01 Post No.8507314
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 11:25:01 Post No.8507314 [Report]

>>8507281
There has been a mild reaction against Stanislaw Lem recently by BTFO genre-fags (they probably opened his books after seeing him acclaimed here and couldnt hack his writing), with recent claims that he "doesnt know science" and "is boring". I guess the new claim is he is "literary because he iz old".

Other than that I can think of Tolkein, The Worm Ouroboros and The King in Yellow and I guess Lovecraft (although he obviously isnt literary).

Anonymous 2016-09-14 11:29:47 Post No.8507319
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 11:29:47 Post No.8507319 [Report]

>>8507231
If it becomes a classic it isn't 'old genre fiction'.
You mouth breathing retards for some reason get sexually aroused by arbitrary divisions into 'genre' and 'literary'.
>>8507281
Tolkien, Peake, Edison, Lem, Dick, Wolfe, Lewis, Borges, Chesterton, Pynchon.

Anonymous 2016-09-14 13:03:22 Post No.8507491
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 13:03:22 Post No.8507491 [Report]

>>8507319
>If it becomes a classic it isn't 'old genre fiction'.
Yes it is. Sherlock Holmes still belongs to the genre of detective fiction.

Anonymous 2016-09-14 14:14:31 Post No.8507682
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 14:14:31 Post No.8507682 [Report]

>>8507319
Lovecraft and LeGuin have Library of America editions, they most certainly count.

Anonymous 2016-09-14 14:43:23 Post No.8507764
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 14:43:23 Post No.8507764 [Report]

>>8507314
>>8507319
>>8507491
it's not genre fiction if you invent the genre

Anonymous 2016-09-14 15:21:55 Post No.8507898
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 15:21:55 Post No.8507898 [Report]

>>8507764
Coban Doyle didn't invent detective fiction.

Anonymous 2016-09-14 15:49:42 Post No.8507993
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 15:49:42 Post No.8507993 [Report]

>>8507898

Yep, that would be Poe

Anonymous 2016-09-14 16:07:41 Post No.8508061
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Anonymous 2016-09-14 16:07:41 Post No.8508061 [Report]

>>8507764
None of these invented the genre.
That would be Verne as far as I know.

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