- How has the academic reception of popular genres changes over time?
- What might the value be of studying them?
As for the term ‘genre fiction’, many have pointed out problems for a long time. However, there are still no substitutes and inertial use. Genre fiction refers to a popular novel written with certain rules such as romance novel, mystery novel, martial arts novel, fantasy novel, and science fiction. Originally referred to as romance genre, mystery genre, etc., they were collectively referred to as genre fiction, but it is not known precisely when it began. It is sometimes called a subculture novel or a subgenre. Sometimes it is also used as genre fiction, but it does not mean much to write it as genre literature, as it is almost as if there is no literary form other than a novel. However, genre poetry or genre essay cannot exist, but genre criticism can exist, so it can be called genre literature in a broad sense. As it belongs to a field of popular fiction, there is a perception that it is inferior to the novels called full-scale literature or pure literature. This recognition comes from the side that holds the literary power and is spread throughout the pure literature and in the media. Although it is completely separated from the choice of the public to enjoy literature, this recognition inevitably leads to a tendency to lower genre fiction throughout society. Those who have grasped the existing literary power think of genre fiction as an enemy who still steals the pie in their domain. However, they don’t seem to have the idea of being a colleague to think about the future of publishing together. This is the way to go through with changing perceptions of society as a whole. It may be difficult to take the first step in such a problem until we abandon the old-fashioned feelings that the public enjoys and considers giving pleasure to be sinful, solemnity, and agony.
There is no superiority between genres in literature. It is just that there are good and bad works. And if you read it, everyone knows. Every distinction and discrimination is only a system of knowledge created by discourses. There are many people who have gone out as advanced readers through genre fiction, and there are many examples of becoming famous writers. Your thoughts grow as large as your thoughts, and as long as your thoughts are open, you can accept them. Is it all up to you to think about it?
Moreover, genre fiction, which shows off its more significant influence in the era of cultural industry, is at the root of the discovery of cultural archetypes of each nation and strategies for content creation. Also, the solid foundation of the cultural industry is being combined with various cultural industries such as video and music, thereby maximizing its marketability and helping to secure competitiveness. Shortly, world culture icons will flow in the form of a combination of cultural industries such as video, music, and games, and genre fiction is advantageous in bringing out commerciality as one of the cultural industries. In other words, the study of genre fiction will become an increasingly important keyword in the cultural industry in the future. Therefore, it is more important than anything else to have marketability and competitiveness. In particular, since genre fiction is an essential new growth engine of high added value, strategic research is needed.
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Mountfort, P. (2020). AUT Blackboard. Popular Genres ENGL602. Powerpoint Week 1. Retrieved from https://blackboard.aut.ac.nz/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_96250_1&content_id=_5273101_1&mode=reset
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