The Dumbing Down of Literature
This paper proposes to prove that in the late 20th and early 21st century commodification, commercialization and consumerism have, so to say, joined forces and led to a decrease in high literature and the increase of cheap volumes which are of low quality but in high demand.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0004 |
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| author | Francuski Biljana Djoric |
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| description | This paper proposes to prove that in the late 20th and early 21st century commodification, commercialization and consumerism have, so to say, joined forces and led to a decrease in high literature and the increase of cheap volumes which are of low quality but in high demand. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e4ca2ce38194ba9bb6435c59dd79fe42022-12-22T02:50:18ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282016-12-01131212810.1515/rjes-2016-0004rjes-2016-0004The Dumbing Down of LiteratureFrancuski Biljana Djoric0English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of BelgradeThis paper proposes to prove that in the late 20th and early 21st century commodification, commercialization and consumerism have, so to say, joined forces and led to a decrease in high literature and the increase of cheap volumes which are of low quality but in high demand.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0004commercializationcommodificationconsumerismhigh-quality literaturelow literature |
| spellingShingle | Francuski Biljana Djoric The Dumbing Down of Literature Romanian Journal of English Studies commercialization commodification consumerism high-quality literature low literature |
| title | The Dumbing Down of Literature |
| title_full | The Dumbing Down of Literature |
| title_fullStr | The Dumbing Down of Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Dumbing Down of Literature |
| title_short | The Dumbing Down of Literature |
| title_sort | dumbing down of literature |
| topic | commercialization commodification consumerism high-quality literature low literature |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0004 |
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