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Modern Literature Is Starting To Become Trashy
Well, has it?
 Seabird111  23 Jun 2008 00:19
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There are a few decent authors, but I agree, far too much of what people read is useless stuff, like "Hello" magazine.
 
 Snipex  21 Sep 2008 12:15
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Yes. I agree that modern literature has become very trashy. I truly believe that we have reached the end of great novels. In 100 or more years now, people will not want to read the literature that was written today. Much of it is degrading, unmoral, and unethical. It does not portray what society is really like today. The literature of the past was excellent. Many masterpieces are still enjoyed today. However, people today are not as educated as the people of the past. Many people today have very poor penmanship and it shows in their writing. Therefore, I believe that today's literature is very trashy and very boring. It is very sad to think that as advanced as we are today with technology that no one can write better than the greatest writers in history.
 
 Professor  30 Jun 2008 02:13
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 Completely bisased and prejudiced expression of opinion in this debate.
So very subjective, as well.

LOL, "Professor".......;-) LOL.
by  Scorpion
 26 Jul 2008 18:50
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Its about book sales.....a best seller doesn't mean a quality book.
 
 moreno  25 Jun 2008 16:32
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LOL, omg yesss.... I must say that it has. No one seems to write through their soul anymore, it takes so much searching to find good literature these days... That is if you don't want to read the classics...
 
 Zman676  23 Jun 2008 03:35
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No.

Art, including novels, has become more........Authentic.
We are having more freedom of movement in which to explain the character's elements than in previous periods of history when there was more censorship.

They had all kinds of sex before in history, they just were not legally able to discuss it in their literature they way we can now.
(Although Shakespeare sure pushed the line in his day, LOL LOL ;-)
 
 Scorpion  25 Jul 2008 04:03
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Today writers' have very little imagination compared to the Greats, with a few exceptions. Problem is nearly everything that's been done has been done before, (basic story-line copied and embellished). It's difficult to find a new angle to approach a subject. However, I wouldn't call the stuff being produced today as trashy!
 
 joe9  23 Jul 2008 12:25
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As someone who majored in English Literature, I can confirm that almost all "literature" was called trash for the ignorant masses in its day, including greats like Charles Dickens and Jane Eyre. And by the way, most of our "literary" writers were just trying to make enough money to pay the rent. Most were middle-class or poor. Dickens' novels were initially published one chapter at a time in popular monthly magazines, so he stretched them out to make more money.
 
 JRL  27 Jun 2008 14:24
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Trashy is way too vague... There are just more writers... Some are terrible, some are good, some are great... There is definitely trash in there too... Before it was all bourgeois, now it takes more to be avant-garde than killing some bulls or writing on some walls... :) that's horrible but pretty clearly a valid viewpoint
 
 characters  27 Jun 2008 08:05
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