When does a novel becomes "too complex" that it just turns bad because of it?
Is there such thing as "too complex"?
There are no limits to art or expression. You could ask when a novel becomes too complex for its readership, or too complex to have a readership at all.
>>9476034
But how can we tell the difference between complexity for the sake of being complex and meaningful complexity?
>>9476028
Yes.
See: Works by Pynchon/DFW.
Then: Realize that this exclusionary complexity is why /lit/ likes these works and authors.
>>9476049
Read literary criticism. One of the main goals of the enterprise is to explain how the complexities add to creating an overall meaningful and aesthetically pleasing work of art.