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Is RPGing a *literary* endeavour?
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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7608129" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Yes it does. You can in fact have poor literature. </p><p></p><p>[quote And further when the focus isn’t on higher quality narration, a higher purpose or using a plethora or literary techniques to make it feel ‘literary’, it is not literary.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>This is wrong. All it takes to be literary is to have something written.</p><p></p><p>lit·er·ar·y</p><p>/ˈlidəˌrerē/</p><p>adjective</p><p>adjective: literary</p><p>1.</p><p><strong>concerning the writing, study, or content of literature</strong>, especially of the kind valued for quality of form.</p><p></p><p>lit·er·a·ture</p><p>/ˈlidərəCHər,ˈlidərəˌCHo͝or/</p><p>noun</p><p><strong>written works</strong>, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.</p><p></p><p>What you guys seem to be missing is the word "especially." While artistic and merit are prized, they are not required for something to be literature or literary. A grocery list is written work for God's sake. Unless you are running your games with nobody writing anything down, you are using literature and your game has literary aspects. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The OP engages in the opposite tactic. He re-defines or attempts to eliminate certain definitions in order to advance his playstyle or put down a playstyle he dislikes. He gets lots of push back over it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have't seen the last part of that here. I've yet to see someone try to push the One True Way over RPGs containing literary portions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a Strawman. Nobody is claiming literature has to be good, other than people on your side anyway. RPGs are literary because they contain written works. RPGs are literary, because most, if not all people who run them try to make descriptions more interesting than, "In the room are 2 orcs," which is an attempt at higher quality literature.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7608129, member: 23751"] Yes it does. You can in fact have poor literature. [quote And further when the focus isn’t on higher quality narration, a higher purpose or using a plethora or literary techniques to make it feel ‘literary’, it is not literary.[/quote] This is wrong. All it takes to be literary is to have something written. lit·er·ar·y /ˈlidəˌrerē/ adjective adjective: literary 1. [B]concerning the writing, study, or content of literature[/B], especially of the kind valued for quality of form. lit·er·a·ture /ˈlidərəCHər,ˈlidərəˌCHo͝or/ noun [B]written works[/B], especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit. What you guys seem to be missing is the word "especially." While artistic and merit are prized, they are not required for something to be literature or literary. A grocery list is written work for God's sake. Unless you are running your games with nobody writing anything down, you are using literature and your game has literary aspects. The OP engages in the opposite tactic. He re-defines or attempts to eliminate certain definitions in order to advance his playstyle or put down a playstyle he dislikes. He gets lots of push back over it. I have't seen the last part of that here. I've yet to see someone try to push the One True Way over RPGs containing literary portions. This is a Strawman. Nobody is claiming literature has to be good, other than people on your side anyway. RPGs are literary because they contain written works. RPGs are literary, because most, if not all people who run them try to make descriptions more interesting than, "In the room are 2 orcs," which is an attempt at higher quality literature. [/QUOTE]
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