Literature

[HannibalBarca]

In my opinion all literature has great ideas, but in some literature authors can't express those ideas properly in writing. They continue to ramble on about something that has nothing to do with the book. But there are some authors who can get r' done so to say, and those ones should be classified as literature. I'm working on a list of some authors that i recommend. :crash:

[PeterL]

In my opinion all literature has great ideas, but in some literature authors can't express those ideas properly in writing. They continue to ramble on about something that has nothing to do with the book. But there are some authors who can get r' done so to say, and those ones should be classified as literature. I'm working on a list of some authors that i recommend. :crash:

Some authors aren't consciously aware of what they are really writing about, while others are perfectly aware of every nuance. An author may also be trying to express something that you, as a reader, don't quite get. Parts of a novel that you don't connect with may seem to be rambling but are actually right to the heart of the matter.

Anything that is written should be considered literature.

[Mugwump101]

Some authors aren't consciously aware of what they are really writing about, while others are perfectly aware of every nuance. An author may also be trying to express something that you, as a reader, don't quite get. Parts of a novel that you don't connect with may seem to be rambling but are actually right to the heart of the matter.

Anything that is written should be considered literature.

I agree. In Les Miserables and even in Hugo's other works, he consistently rambles or so seemily so, that most often than not bores the readers who feel it connects to nothing but in actually does connect significantly. Like His describes of the Battle of Waterloo, Paris, and the idea of Religion and it's affect on society. Do we as readers need that information to inform us what has happened to the characters? I think not BUT however in Hugo's books, they connect the several themes or background history inclusive in the novel.

[liesl]

The same is true of Melville's Moby Dick. He includes numerous chapters primarily focussed upon cetology, whales and specific details of whaling as an occupation. Whilst the preoccupation with classification and whaling may seem to the reader to be a meaningless ramble, he is in fact exploring the difficulties of classification and attempting to explain the difficulty of understanding truth and transcendentalism.