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  1. Jan 2021
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    1.1: What is Literature?
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    1. mackenziegriffin 26 Jan 2021
      A blurb about Kim Kardashian’s latest plastic surgery, most would agree, does not constitute literature. So how can we differentiate between such works?

      If artistic merit were required for a text to count as literature, informational statements about occurrences in celebrities personal lives would not be actual works of literature. Although, they may serve as sources for literature: a writer could delve into the impacts of celebrities publicizing their cosmetic surgeries onto those who idolize them.

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