Book Review: Popular Fiction
What is Popular Fiction? By 'Literature' we commonly mean works by such writers as Jane Austen, James Joyce, Salman Rushdie etc. On the other hand, authors such as Agatha Cristie, Stephen King etc are known as successful 'Popular Fiction' writers. Both these genres have distinct characteristics. Usually Popular Fiction is written, keeping in mind the masses as target audience. Thus such fictional work involves quite a bit of sensationalism and provides a kind of escapist entertainment to its readers from the mundane reality. Literature on the other hand is most importantly the artist's self expression. The readers' reaction to his work is his secondary concern. Joyce's Ulysses therefore is extremely difficult to understand without a guidebook that explains its multilevel connotations. Characterization is usually flat in a work of Popular Fiction whereas, in Literature, characters are more lifelike and holistic. Literature concerns itself with creativity and originality while Popular Fiction has more to do with production and hard work. Thus writers of Popular Fiction tend to be prolific. Agatha Cristie, for example published close to 90 novels and story collections over about 60 years. Emily Bronte on the other hand produced only one prose work, Wuthering Heights, in her entire lifetime. At the same time, many Classics of today were popular fiction at the time they were written. The highest example of this would perhaps be Shakespeare's plays which were written for the masses with their share of buffoonery. These same plays have become classics of the highest order. Dickens' work has been a best seller at his time. Yet all Popular Fiction is not Literature. Each has a different readership. Popular fiction again will have its distinct sub-genres like Action Adventure, Romance,Crime, Fantasy, Detective, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction etc We have the following Popular Fiction reviews with us: List of Popular Fiction book reviewsWe have the following Popular Fiction book reviews with us:Alexander's Bridge-Willa Cartha The Hound of the Baskervilles-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Last Race-Jai Prakash Dangwal A Dark-Adapted Eye-Ruth Rendell Home-Tracie Gerardi Chase-Tracie Gerardi Polls Apart-Clare Stephen-Johnston After The Party-Lisa Jewell The Immortals of Meluha-Amish Last Night in Twisted River-John Irving Nothing can be as crazy-Ajay Mohan Jain Wolf of the Plains-Conn Iggulden Get these e-books now at a very low price. Write a book reviewIn case you have read any of the Non-fiction book, why don’t you share your thoughts on the book with us? At Book Review Circle, your review of the Popular Fiction work will be published along with your name on a dedicated web page. Your review will help other readers in deciding whether they want to include the book in their reading list or not. Your review could even start a new discussion on the book and you could meet friends who think like you about the book. So go ahead and share your heart. Write a book reviewFrom Popular Fiction Book Review to Book Review Home Page |