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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7594911" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>There seems to be a fair bit of wrangling going on in this thread over the definition of the word <em>literary</em>. I think it's pretty clear, however, from the context of the OP, that what is meant accords well with the standard definition found in Google dictionary, for example, "concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form." I think the OP intends to put some emphasis on the "quality of form" part of this sort of formulation of what makes something a literary endeavor. I'm sure [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION] can correct me if I'm off-base about this. I think RPGing is not a literary endeavor when examined in this light, because the focus is not on the <em>quality of form</em> of the content of the fiction being generated through play, but rather on the content itself and its potential to engender participation. This is why responses to the effect that it <em>can</em> be literary in this respect are a bit orthogonal. It's just not the main focus of the activity. One wonders why so many posters would rather engage in a semantic discussion over the meaning of <em>literary</em> instead of engaging with the content of the OP, but perhaps further inquiry into the motivations for doing so will shed some light on that question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 7594911, member: 6787503"] There seems to be a fair bit of wrangling going on in this thread over the definition of the word [I]literary[/I]. I think it's pretty clear, however, from the context of the OP, that what is meant accords well with the standard definition found in Google dictionary, for example, "concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form." I think the OP intends to put some emphasis on the "quality of form" part of this sort of formulation of what makes something a literary endeavor. I'm sure [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION] can correct me if I'm off-base about this. I think RPGing is not a literary endeavor when examined in this light, because the focus is not on the [I]quality of form[/I] of the content of the fiction being generated through play, but rather on the content itself and its potential to engender participation. This is why responses to the effect that it [I]can[/I] be literary in this respect are a bit orthogonal. It's just not the main focus of the activity. One wonders why so many posters would rather engage in a semantic discussion over the meaning of [I]literary[/I] instead of engaging with the content of the OP, but perhaps further inquiry into the motivations for doing so will shed some light on that question. [/QUOTE]
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