Is ambiguity the key to writing a great novel?

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ARMS SPAGHETTI

>>9548219
Hah. Nice.

>>9548217
Vagueness, yes. Ambiguity, sure.

>>9548219
underrated

>>9548298
What's the difference between the two?

No.

>>9548443
Vagueness is a lack of information, ambiguity is information with no obvious interpretation

>>9548488
Isn't a book lacking in information considered bland? Let's say I'm writing a novel and leave out information about the characters, the setting, the story, etc. Wouldn't that just be considered a half-assed book?

>>9548443
What's the difference between me and you?

>>9548217
I think it's a necessary but not sufficient condition.
If everyone appreciates the message of your work, it must be possible to appreciate it in a lot of different ways

>>9548217
Totes.

>>9548217
Ambiguity is a condition of the postmodern in literature.

There is no great postmodern literature.

You do the math.

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>>9548798
>There is no great postmodern literature.