Written stories have been the source of public entertainment for as long as the very concept of written language has existed. However, as the pace of global community development increases, the fascination with novels and other long-form storytelling types seems to have been subsiding. Due to the increased time pressure, moist people typically fail to find enough time to read any long-form storytelling. However, as the warnings made in “The Brave New World” and the assumptions established in Kirsch and Hamid’s (2014) “Are The New’ Golden Age’ TV Shows the New Novels?” demonstrate, novels allow meeting some of the vital intellectual needs of individuals. Therefore, novels represent an irreplaceable type of media that must be supported continuously.
Apart from outlining the importance of novels in developing people’s perceptions of the world and interpersonal interactions, “The Brave New world” also introduces rather stark criticism of some art forms while elevating novels and other types of literature. For instance, poems are seen as the source of continuous inspiration; however, movies, or any other type of TV entertainment, are regarded almost with disdain. For instance, Huxley (1932) mentions the Bureaux of Propaganda by Television as one of the key bodies that obscure people’s paths from learning and understanding each other. Similarly, Kirsch and Hamid (2014) share this sentiment: “Television is not the new novel. Television is the old novel.” Therefore, novels are seen as the epitome of art being expressed with language tools, whereas movies are lowered to the position of a cheap substitute.
Finally, “the Brave New World” makes it explicit that it condemns any kind of censorship applied to art. Though the specified position could be seen as quite radical, it does have a point since the described type of censorship does not have a clearly delineated line drawn between the acceptable and the unacceptable. Therefore, ultimately, anything that does not align with the approved line of thinking will eventually be condemned and prohibited, which misaligns with the principal tenets of democracy.
References
Huxley, A. (1932). The brave new world. Gutenberg. Web.
Kirsch, A., and Hamid, M. (2014). Are the new ‘Golden Age’ TV shows the new novels? New York Times. Web.