issue 55-outline

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In order for any work of art—for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song—to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

TS: The merit of artistic work should not be judged based on its comprehensibility to the majority of the people because many valuable works of art may not be understandable to a large group of people due to intertextuality, cultural barriers and generation gap.  

The first reason why many people could not appreciate meritable works of art is that the works often involves intertextuality which requires the audience to have knowledge of other works.  
- The movie Green Mile refers to the biblical story of Jesus Christ
- for people who are not familiar with the Bible it would be difficult to understand the metaphors and messages
- http://study.com/academy/lesson/ ... ition-examples.html



Another reason why valuable works of art may not be understandable to many people is the cultural barrier that prevents the readers from other cultures to appreciate certain works
- Louis Cha’s Kung fu novels are difficult to understand for people not familiar with Chinese culture
- many of the Kung Fu techniques involves the Taoism philosophy and the principles of Yin and Yang
the stories of the Kung Fu masters are also driven by Chinese themes such as defending the homeland against foreigners and the being loyal to the monarch


generation gap   
- novels about puppy love may not be appreciated by older people
- movies on mid-life crisis will be difficult for teenagers


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