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[redbrunja]

"Lit" being a genre just like "fantasy" and "science fiction" are genres is a subject near and dear to my heart. Which is to say, I LOVED this article.

Comments

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

That is a fantastic article. I honestly wouldn't be so bitter about the term "literary" if it wasn't used so often to demean "genre" fiction, when it's all a construct and it's all just a different way of telling a story.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Exactly! It's when 'lit' is used as a synonym for good that I get pissy about it. Especially because I think there are some serious subjects that the 'lit' genre is terrible at addressing but that, for example, sci-fi does brilliantly.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

YES.

[empressearwig.livejournal.com]

Excuse me, I need to go share that link with the WORLD.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

RIGHT? Maybe paint it on the walls of english departments and the foreheads of lit snobs world-wide.