Is it still possible to write great literature ?

Question

Is it still possible to write great literature ?
What is your opinion ?

Answer

You ask an interesting question. Great literature depends upon both the quality of the writer and the quality of the discerning public. Today, writers like Faulkner would probably not even be published simply because of a public that admires people like John Grisham, Danielle Steel and even Dan Brown is incapable of employing real discernment. brTo some degree, pop literature has always been around and the great literature we say had endured. I am not entirely sure that we should not be terribly embarrassed to compare what we call great literature today with that of the ages.brI tend to think that the quality of the public is more important in our world than is the writer. We seem, in the present age, to be incapable of recognizing the value of anything which isnt flashy or immediately fulfilling. As Bacon said about books, some are to be tasted while others chewed and swallowed and finally others are to be digested thoroughly. We dont digest books any longer, or even chew and swallow books, in my opinion, and I believe it is because we do not seek an obligation to the truth which may pass from understanding their merit. Of course, I think this deplorable. Because of this, I tend to think that our age incapable of producing great literature.