Just a thought -- For any of you who think the written word is no longer a
reflection of popular culture, exactly how much time have you spent reading
the postings on this list???? BIG <G>
Lorry
At 10:45 PM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>If I am understanding this correctly, your fellow student was saying that
>the written word is no longer a reflection of popular culture because people
>have abandoned it for other media such as film and tv. I agree with you
>that he is mistaken. I do not have any statistics on whether more people
>are reading now than they were a few decades ago, but it seems like fiction
>has evolved so that it is more omnipresent than ever before and both
>reflects and influences other cultural media.
>
>As you said, fiction is closely tied to these other media, such as movies
>based on novels and novels based on television series. Sometimes they are a
>little too closely tied--like books whose original covers have been replaced
>by the ad for the movie (which I have a personal dislike for).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Erik Tsao <aa1004@WAYNE.EDU>
>To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU <FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>
>Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 11:25 AM
>Subject: [*FSFFU*] genres, etc.
>
>
>>Last night I wsa talking with a fellow graduate student who wanted to argue
>>against the idea that popular fiction is a part of popular culture. I
>>think I understand what he meant. Which was something like the fact that
>>people are more likely to consume pop cultural texts like film, music,
>>television, etc. than to read popular fiction. That doesn't seem quite
>>right considering the immense popularity of romance novels, adventure
>>fiction, and mysteries, not to forget mentioning science fiction and
>>fantasy. Not only that but there is a very clear connection, as we've seen
>>in some of the discussions on this list, that popular genres of film (such
>>as romance, mystery, adventure, etc.) are very much connected with popular
>>fiction. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
>>
>>Erik
>>
>>Erik Tsao
>>Department of English
>>Wayne State University
>>Detroit, MI
>>
>>"like bigger thomas
>>i didn't want to love but what
>>i loved for. i am."
>>
>>-- Sonia Sanchez
>>
>>(From _I've Been A Woman: New and Selected Poems_. Chicago, IL: Third
>>World Press, 1985. p. 78.)
>
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