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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Orange" data-source="post: 8780888" data-attributes="member: 7025997"><p>Less frivolous than you think. The stories people tell affect all kinds of other things and leave subconscious impressions (this is at the heart of many of the arguments about representation, for example), and usually show a culture's values. It could be, though, that literature is less important than movies these days. Of course, successful books get turned into movies quite often--books don't have to worry about a special effects budget. And while I wouldn't consider Twitter or blogs literature, they do fall under the heading of 'printed word', and are also quite influential.</p><p></p><p>I think 'high literature' (Booker Prize, etc.) isn't as culturally influential as it used to be, but even (perhaps especially) things that aren't considered 'respectable' often have huge influences-- <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em>, for example, probably had more effect on people's sex lives than any approved manual (and I'm sure led to lots of injuries and even a few deaths). Nobody remembers <em>Peyton Place</em>, but it kicked off the whole 'dark side of suburbia' trope that would persist for decades later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue Orange, post: 8780888, member: 7025997"] Less frivolous than you think. The stories people tell affect all kinds of other things and leave subconscious impressions (this is at the heart of many of the arguments about representation, for example), and usually show a culture's values. It could be, though, that literature is less important than movies these days. Of course, successful books get turned into movies quite often--books don't have to worry about a special effects budget. And while I wouldn't consider Twitter or blogs literature, they do fall under the heading of 'printed word', and are also quite influential. I think 'high literature' (Booker Prize, etc.) isn't as culturally influential as it used to be, but even (perhaps especially) things that aren't considered 'respectable' often have huge influences-- [I]Fifty Shades of Grey[/I], for example, probably had more effect on people's sex lives than any approved manual (and I'm sure led to lots of injuries and even a few deaths). Nobody remembers [I]Peyton Place[/I], but it kicked off the whole 'dark side of suburbia' trope that would persist for decades later. [/QUOTE]
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