The Dumbing Down of Literature
Abstract
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.
Source:
Romanian Journal of English Studies, 2016, 13, 1, 21-28Publisher:
- Sciendo
Funding / projects:
- Social crises and contemporary Serbian literature and culture: national, regional, European and global framework (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-178018)
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Institution/Community
Filološki fakultet / Faculty of PhilologyTY - JOUR AU - Đorić-Francuski, Biljana PY - 2016 UR - https://repff.fil.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1067 AB - 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. PB - Sciendo T2 - Romanian Journal of English Studies T1 - The Dumbing Down of Literature EP - 28 IS - 1 SP - 21 VL - 13 DO - 10.1515/rjes-2016-0004 UR - conv_2168 ER -
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Đorić-Francuski, B.. (2016). The Dumbing Down of Literature. in Romanian Journal of English Studies Sciendo., 13(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0004 conv_2168
Đorić-Francuski B. The Dumbing Down of Literature. in Romanian Journal of English Studies. 2016;13(1):21-28. doi:10.1515/rjes-2016-0004 conv_2168 .
Đorić-Francuski, Biljana, "The Dumbing Down of Literature" in Romanian Journal of English Studies, 13, no. 1 (2016):21-28, https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0004 ., conv_2168 .