When does a novel becomes "too complex" that it just

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.