On the very first day of class we were asked to blog about our understanding of the terms "high brow" and "low brow" in terms of literature as well as film. Well, seeing as I have never really thought about the difference...I suppose it is something to be thought about. So, since I cannot really explain what I don't know...I guess I will put out some thoughts that come up in my mind when I hear the terms high brow and low brow.
Let us begin with highbrow...
-something most people generally like to avoid
-very difficult to understand, and extremely time consuming
-Vladimir Nabokov, T.S. Eliot, Shakespeare, James Joyce
-elitist
-old
-although perhaps very well known, not actually read by many people, and sometimes known to few people
-foreign (not from the US), especially French
-not funny
And low brow...
-popular
-easy to understand and enjoy
-often comical
-Dan Brown, South Park, J.K Rowling
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