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How will we avoid literature snobbery? [closed]

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Will the content of the old Literature proposal be re-imported into this one?

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Are graphic novels on topic (specifically non scifi/fantasy)?

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Testing scope for religious works, where a non-religion based answer would be appropriate. This question is partially addressed in Mi Yodeya and several posts at christianity.stackexchange.com both address religious issues for the topic, which would be out of scope here, while empirical answers should be in scope here. – James Jenkins Dec 7 '15 at 19:17
This might also be on-topic on Mythology. – Vixen Populi Aug 27 '16 at 16:41
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This would also be on-topic at Science Fiction & Fantasy. – rand al'thor Jun 12 '16 at 22:10
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This question might also fit in the Science Fiction and Fantasy stack exchange. – Mary ML Jun 1 '16 at 0:24
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In case people think this is a bad question because the answer is obviously "yes, he wrote proper plays with stage directions", I believe the answer is "no, he only wrote the actual lines". – rand al'thor Sep 21 '16 at 12:35
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+1 This question currently has 2 close votes, presumably because it is political in nature. I think this is a good question for the site, the work is a political work, and it has political ramifications which should lead to in scope questions on the site. I am editing the question to remove the trailing part of the question "even if though that is not a communistic country at all" as it does not really add value to the example question. – James Jenkins Jan 11 '16 at 11:29
I think the close votes would be because the answer to the question is blindingly obvious and is not at all related to politics. – Chenmunka Jan 26 '16 at 18:42
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@chenmunka, if it is so obvious, please tell me the answer and I will probably tell you that you're wrong. – wythagoras Jan 26 '16 at 18:44
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A question being "easy" isn't a reason to close. It's still an interesting question. – Catija Jul 1 '16 at 14:10
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Similar to this question on Sci-Fi: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/126267/… – Vampire May 17 '16 at 0:04
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The title is Go Set a Watchman. – muru Feb 17 '16 at 2:41
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+1, we can't have literature without Thursday Next! :-) This question might be more appopriate for SF&F though. I always thought it was just one of Fforde's jokes to make her drive race cars, without deeper meanings. – Vixen Populi Aug 27 '16 at 16:49
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“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” —Song of Myself – amaranth Mar 18 '16 at 16:40
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