/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10655858]

Why's it more popular to be a minimalist instead of being a maximalist?
What makes somebody good enough to make the latter enjoyable?

[Anonymous No.10655918]

>>10655858
Bad maximalism is more obvious than bad minimalism, as Mr. Foster Wallace so kindly proves.

[Anonymous No.10655927]

>>10655858
Some people (lit) enjoy reading larger works for various reasons (prestige/diccontest)

[Anonymous No.10655934]

>>10655858
Dante concluded maximalism, you can't actually make a text as ridiculously dense as the comedy.

[Anonymous No.10655942]

>>10655927
what’s the length have to do with it?

[Anonymous No.10655959]

>>10655942
Information obtained from serious works of literature is deposited in the brain as a special kind of brain matter. Therefore, reading more pages produces larger, litter brains.

[Anonymous No.10656042]

>>10655959
lol ok, but are you implying that minimalist works are short by definition?

[Anonymous No.10656097]

>>10656042
yes. find me three counterexamples.

[Anonymous No.10657324]

Because none knows how to read and none knows to write
The only one who can do maximalist <good fiction> is William Vollmann

[Anonymous No.10658551]

Minimalism is much easier to write, especially if you are an inexperienced author. It's also easier to read. This is why normies are attracted to it lately: in this age of shortened attention span, we lack the patience required to read or write maximalist novels, at least for the general populace.

[Anonymous No.10659278]

>>10655927
longer book = greater time spent in book's world = more time spent getting to know and empathize with characters = greater emotional response to events befalling these characters = greater net enjoyment of book

dummy

[Anonymous No.10661037]

>>10658551
I have the opposite opinion in everything, maximalist works always have something happening so they are easier to read than a long drawn out work of minimalism where the simplicity is what you should enjoy