What makes great literature?

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Originally Posted by kasie

I stand corrected - universality with a small u, not Universality with a Capital U.

I was confused until I realised you were snidely pointing out my error - which I accept (though I would remark as an aside that such pompous superiority is unlikely to enable you to make friends and influence people, though perhaps you will be happy enough in your lonely position of pre-eminence.)

I thought maybe I had wandered by mistake into the Fantasy Forum.

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"Snidely"??!! I am sorry that you took it that way. It was not meant that way.

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Originally Posted by PeterL

"Snidely"??!! I am sorry that you took it that way. It was not meant that way.

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Ruffled feathers duly smoothed! :)

I think it's very important for book to be interesting from the start and flaw well.

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Originally Posted by Antiquarian

That's true. Literature is a very subjective thing, however it's also true that some books are far better written than others, don't you think?

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Absolutely, but the story in a poorly written book might speak to me more than the story in a well written book. In that case, I would rank the poorly written book above the other. It's the same way with movies, music, or any other art form. That's why I love forums like this. People can come here and, instead of flat-out saying "A is better than B," we can discuss what aspects of A we liked, or what we didn't like about B; there are no absolutes.