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Here is one case for literature being the greatest art. All artforms -- painting, music, performance art, and more -- can be used to address and try to answer life's most perlexing questions. However, literature has the widest canvas, that is, a master writer has the space to explore difficult topics in a novel, which can be almost any length. Also, a reader relates to written pieces differently than other art, namely by reading them. Through this process, readers immerse themselves in a work of fiction, becoming personally involved in it and, to some extent, living it. One might also say that readers even collaborate with the writer, since they are processing every word and may have unique interpretations of a given novel or story.
Another way to approach this question is to ask oneself, "When exploring great ideas, do philosophers use works of visual art, dance, and music to gain insight into the human condition?" The answer is, "Generally not." They use examples drawn from great works of literature. For instance, anyone trying to provide an example from the arts to illustrate, say, "Man's inhumanity toward Man," is more likely to use a work of literature, such as "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo or "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, than a painting, sculpture, dance, symphony or other kind of artwork. This is because only writing has the power to place the recipient (reader) in the world of the topic being discussed for a protracted period of time.
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Yuan Sheng has written: 'Liu chao qing yin' -- subject(s): Aesthetics in literature, Aesthetics, Chinese, Chinese Aesthetics, Chinese literature, History
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Fabio Durao has written: 'Modernism and coherence' -- subject(s): Aesthetics, Modern, Modern Aesthetics, Modernism (Literature), Negativity (Philosophy), Negativity (Philosophy) in literature
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Shuihe Ji has written: 'Yue du yu chan shi' -- subject(s): Aesthetics, Aesthetics, Chinese, Chinese Aesthetics, History and criticism, Literature
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Kumiko Mukai has written: 'Hawthorne's visual artists and the pursuit of a transatlantic aesthetics' -- subject(s): Aesthetics, Art in literature
