The realistic and objective fictional narrative, if held and practiced as a dogma, ends up depriving the writer of this true delight that is style, since, by definition, to be realistic and objective is to adopt, so to speak, an “impersonal style”. But this delight, experienced by the poet, the philosopher, the historian and anyone else who understands the individual element necessary for writing, and without which the work is devoid of a link with reality apprehended in the first person, is also an unparalleled incentive to refine expression. The satisfaction of shaping words is the satisfaction of the freedom to say things as we see fit.
Tag: literature
Before Becoming an Obsession…
Before becoming an obsession or a futile refinement, focusing on form means respecting the value of what is intended to be expressed. It means not wanting to present it sloppily, but in a way that does it justice. It is therefore a natural concern for anyone who does not have fun throwing words to the wind, but works with matters of real and personal importance.
Atheism Has Led Modern Man to Such Extreme…
Atheism has led modern man to such extreme disorientation that rescuing the most basic notions of his human condition is a task that can no longer be completed in a few generations. The state of affairs is so calamitous that not even literature can lend itself to a realistic and integral portrayal of today’s society, otherwise it will be roundly rejected by future generations for having gone beyond the absurd, even if fictional possibilities are taken into account. This is perhaps an unprecedented situation, in which it is necessary to ignore the bulk of reality in order to make lasting literature. There are things that cannot be said at a table, and there are things that cannot be written.
There Comes a Time When Social Criticism
There comes a time when social criticism grows tiresome and grows tiresome a literature that focuses entirely on inferior types. There comes a time when the absence of the representation of an opposite model, a superior one that instructs and inspires by example, even if it can be labeled utopian or incomplete, is painful. The truth is that, in this sense, all literature can be labeled as utopian and incomplete, that is, as an imaginary creation from an individual point of view that cannot but only cover a portion of reality. And neither literature nor the author can avoid the fact that this part is considered the most important for both of them.