Is Stephen King Great Literature?

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@spiritualanarchist8162 Год назад

His horror isn't that scary and he doesn't use a lot of twists. What King does best (in my opinion) is making the reader identify with the main character within a few sentences. That's his real talent .

@Beech27 3 года назад

If great literature is that which tells us essential, eternal truths about the human condition in a revelatory way, then I don't think King qualifies. But he is a great storyteller and writer, which I would suggest is not so much a lesser achievement, as merely a different one. In this regard, I would suggest that he follows in the tradition of Collins, Doyle, Poe, Sayers, le Carre, et al., "sensational" writers who, in addition to providing great entertainment, said a lot about the society in which they lived, and the people who filled it. King, for all of his gonzo supernatural flourishes, is a great writer of small towns, middle America, average kids and adults who just want to get by. I think a great deal of his popularity now owes to the fact that readers can thus relate easily; and I think that this may, in a sense, increase his literary merit over time, as readers in 2150 could learn a lot about a certain era's anxieties by reading (for example) The Stand.

@johntyndall1373 Год назад

King may not write great literature but he is a great storyteller. Whenever I start one of his short stories, novellas, or novels, I always have to know how it ends.

@jackmurray8931 Год назад

Stephen king can not finish a book

@freddyshaw1905 3 года назад

Great video - but I don’t know how you can read ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ and not call Dostoevsky a Michelin-starred author 😭

@sharon2764 2 года назад

Funny no one mentions “Cujo”. It scared me so intensely that I was afraid to turn the page! He tells a good story but maybe not great literature.

@garythompson3223 2 года назад

11/22/63 is probably one of the best books ever written.

@evanthomasgant 3 года назад

I wonder, do you think authors nowadays can be as significant as likes of Tolstoy, Austen, Dostoevsky? Being able to say something new or in a new way has historical relevance tied directly into it, so those who started earlier tend to be regarded as the most important / greatest. But with almost everything having been said in countless ways in the past thousand years, could a new author come around and spark a new idea or present things in a new way?

@susprime7018 3 года назад

Will he be Michelin star, I think so. He writes children as well as anyone and better than most. The Body is great. He also writes women well, Delores Claibourne. I think The Stand and The Dead Zone will be read long after he and we are gone. I love his short stories, he follows in the foot steps of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith and other great short story writers. I love Ten O'Clock People. Plus, he is read. The staying power of popular writing like Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie assures King's legacy.

@mistynight123

I used to read King when I was a teenager, but now I'm grown up, there will always be a better author to read.

@thetruth4654 Год назад

Dostoevsky is most definetly great literature, he may not have had the greatest prose. But he is perhaps the greatest psychological writer ever

@jasonbayle8175 2 года назад

I think the trait King provides throughout his novels, isn’t the fantasy. I feel he grasps the concept of the human experience from youth to adults. He has shown us our flaws and perfections in a fantastic way. Is he great technical writer? No. Is he one of the most amazing story tellers that gives a window into our experience as people? Absolutely. Maybe as well as anyone.

@HeroOfTheDay99 2 года назад

Great video. Would love to see a Stephen King ranking video!

@jonathancrites4775 Год назад

I've also been on a chronological read through - I've made it to 1984 or so. I fall in the 'he is actually a great/influential' writer camp. His work, to me, uses genre as a vehicle to recognize things about American life and culture that are important. They are also fun to read.

@philipmann5317 Год назад

King draws characters beautifully. The tragic heroes such as the dad in Firestarter, or Jonny Smith in the dead Zone, are my go-to examples. And in Firestarter, the farmer who defies the CIA, saying "this aint no Gestapo, you cant come here with no papers.." is fantastic. King draws a character with one or two sentences, and that's what draws me in.

@richardstevenjones 2 года назад

I enjoy King’s work, especially his short stories and the Dark Tower series. I agree with you, it’s not “literature” but it certainly is entertaining storytelling.

@tc-3 2 года назад

Stumbled upon your channel, really glad I did. Looking forward to watching more videos because I've enjoyed this one quite a lot.

@kynaatawan5967 2 года назад

I think King definitely is a unique writer and iconic storyteller, you remember his stories long after reading them. If I had to choose which book to recommend it would be Green Mile.

@nathanburr5036 Год назад

A Stephen King list would be awesome 👍... also a list of your own favorite works, maybe top 30 or 10? Great channel man, enjoying the content.

@dafezz92 Год назад

I like you, grew up like Stephen King books. They were the first "grown up" books I read in Middle school. Now, being older, I am immersing myself again in his works and reminded why I love King!