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Originally Posted by jgaiser
I didn't start this thread to bash 'Literary Fiction'. I'm not sure *anyone* actually read the article.
Part of the first paragraph:
The author (and I agree) believes that the label Literary Fiction is being used to separate the Good Stuff™ from the great unwashed.
Just because it's labeled Literary Fiction doesn't make it good. Just because it's labeled as Genre Fiction doesn't necessarily make it bad.
See: Sturgeon's Law |
The problem is that often the "great unwashed" is later seen to have more acceptance by the majority than what is considered to be 'literary.' And what is thought to be genre junk by one generation of literati often rises to Classic status later on. I'm sure there were those who felt the works of Charles Dickens were junk writings because he wrote for the masses and yet now they teach college courses with his works being held up as examples of how to write. The literary treasure of one generation often becomes the forgotten of another generation down the line.