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Michael Vegas Mussman's avatar

You write:

"A literary novel is moralist. The novel contains some guidance for how to live, or some analysis of how our modern society could be improved."

What is the moral guidance contained in Don Quixote? How does Cervantes analyze how our modern society could be improved?

If you don't want to address the example of Quixote, pick any other work of literary fiction.

What is the moral of Great Expectations? Or the Sound and the Fury? Or the Trial? Or Pale Fire? Or Ulysses? Or the Unnameable?

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Clifford Stumme's avatar

A helpful breakdown. Thank you!

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Robert Walrod's avatar

Will your sequel address the whole magical realism vs. sf/fantasy debate?

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Kevin's avatar

Maybe a little bit! I think most magical realist authors in the modern sense (Latin American Boom authors are tougher to evaluate bc of the different cultural context) fall into the Atwood camp— while there may be SFF elements in their work, the author keeps the SFF community at arms length. But the main thrust of the sequel will be how certain authors tried to achieve literary recognition without compromising on their SFF identities!

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