Erik writeth:
<<I plump for large, equal
percentages of prose and poetry questions and a smaller
percentage of drama questions. Maybe 40-40-20 or
45-45-10.>>
Personally, I think that the "literature" category should be
something on the order of 40+/20+/20+/5, with the last 5%
comprising such things as literary theory, criticism, and
terminology; and the remaining 15% split among the four
categories.
<<Drama is an awkward creature, poised somewhere between
literature and performance art (especially CURRENT drama).
For example, does one ask about literary content or
performance? Critical impact or audience impact? Are plays
more like books or movies? While drama merits
questions, it seems to be borderland literature, not as
purely "literary.">>
Unfortunately, that's
one of the major drawbacks of the distribution
guidelines we have right now--in our effort to "categorize"
questions, we have left a lot of grey areas: where *would*
you put, for example, a question on Patrick Stewart's
one-man version of "A Christmas Carol"?