Too often, it seems like people tend to think that anything written in a formal academic style is "good writing" and everything written for the masses is "bad writing"
To me, it seems like there are many problems with this argument. For example, there are many very good authors such as Greg Bear, Tad Williams, and Card (for example) who tackle complex issues and also write in an accessible manner.
Another problem I have, is the question of the author's perspective. Do you really think that most of the authors who are currently studied by academics were writing to be studied by academics? Weren't most of these books published to be read by the masses?
I will not dispute that there is a lot of scubolos on those bookstore shelves these days, but can we really dismiss all of it simply because it wasn't written with academics in mind?
2006-12-12
16:12:59
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