Brave New World

        Art has been a very significant part of human lives from the beginning of the civilization and literature is one of the most powerful forms of art. A literature work with its aesthetic value is able to influence the human thoughts and emotions to drive it to a new level with the writer. However, some literature works might fall in the trap of controversy and be challenged or banned due to its theme, contents, language or the context of the period of time it is written, despite having all the excellence of a quality piece of art. The novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley belongs to those master pieces which are challenged due to the allegation of having contents which does not comply with the social values.

The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. The various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance.

The only final test, it seems to me, of literary merit, is the power to endure. Obviously such a test cannot be applied to a new or recent work, and one cannot, I think, offer soundly an opinion on the probability of endurance save on a much wider acquaintance with the work or works of a writer than I have of Mr. Ginsberg's or perhaps even with a greater mass of production than Mr. Ginsberg's. ... Aside from this test of durability, I think the test of literary merit must be, to my mind, first, the sincerity of the writer. I would be willing, I think, even to add the seriousness of purpose of the writer, if we do not by that leave out the fact that a writer can have a fundamental serious purpose and make a humorous approach to it. I would add also there are certain specific ways in which craftsmanship at least of a piece of work, if not in any sense the art, which to my mind involves more, may be tested.[3]

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