Gore Vidal’s literary philosophy— “All fiction is by definition conservative,” ripples across the canon. 💠What Did Vidal Mean? When Vidal said fiction is "by definition conservative," he wasn’t exactly talking about political conservatism , though he enjoyed rattling those cages. He meant that fiction as a form tends to uphold structure, narrative closure, and the illusion of coherence in a world that is often chaotic, contradictory, and absurd. Here's how: Narrative Structure = Order : Most fiction—especially the traditional novel—follows a pattern: introduction, rising action, climax, resolution. Even chaos is carefully organized. That very act of imposing form is a conservative gesture, Vidal thought, because it tames life into something digestible. Closure = Consolation : Fiction usually ends with a resolution (even tragic ones). That’s comforting. It’s neat. It implies that problems can be solved, characters understood, and meaning found. Life isn’t lik...
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