Understanding Popular Literature
Explore the concept of popular literature, its distinguishing features from artistic literature, and how it has evolved over time to entertain and engage large audiences. Discover the commercial aspects and societal roles of popular literature, with a focus on Indian authors such as Chetan Bhagat and Preeti Shenoy.
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Popular literature Popular literature includes those writings intended for the masses and those that find favour with large audiences. It can be distinguished from artistic literature in that it is designed primarily to entertain.
Popular literature, unlike high literature, generally does not seek a high degree of formal beauty or subtlety and is not intended to endure. The growth of popular literature has paralleled the spread of literacy through education and has been facilitated by technological developments in printing.
With the Industrial Revolution, works of literature, which were previously produced for consumption by small, well-educated elites, became accessible to large sections and even majorities of the members of a population.
Popular literature is that which is written for the masses. It does not challenge the mindset of the common reader and is easily understood and relatable. Popular literature exists simply to entertain and not to teach or lead the reader into much philosophical enquiry or disturb what they already know about the world.
The commercial aspect of popular literature plays a huge role in putting certain texts into that category, as they are written merely for the aim of being sold to larger audiences. popular literature are not bound by any rules and the fate of a text cannot be predicted by anybody. At the same time, both high literature and popular literature play equally important roles in society.
In India, one might associate popular literature with Chetan Bhagat, Preeti Shenoy, Amish Tripathi etc . Although many serious readers would hesitate to classify their works as literature. But then, that is a subjective view, and it can't be denied that these writers enjoy large popular appeal.
Preeti Shenoy is an Indian author.She has been consistently nominated for the Forbes List of the 100 most influential celebrities in India since 2013. Preeti received the Indian of the Year award by Brands Academy. She has also received Business excellence award instituted by New Delhi Management Institute.
India Today calls her 'the only woman in the highest- selling league,' alluding to the popularity of her books. Daily News and Analysis has described her as a "keenly observant mind", and The Times of India describes her writing as "excellent storytelling skills". Cosmopolitan has described her as "one of India's most popular authors", also she is the only woman in India's highest selling league.
Amish Tripathi (born 18 October 1974) is the Director of the Nehru Centre in London and a columnist, and author. He is very well known for his books The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of the Vayuputras, Scion of Ikshvaku, Sita: Warrior of Mithila, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta and Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India.
The Shiva Trilogy was the fastest-selling book series in Indian publishing history while the Ram Chandra Series was the second fastest-selling book series in Indian publishing history. In 2017, Tripathi launched his first non-fiction book, Immortal India. Amish's 8 books have sold over 5.5 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010.Forbes India has regularly ranked Tripathi among the top 100 celebrities in IndiaHe was listed among the 50 most powerful Indians by India Today in 2019.
Chetan Prakash Bhagat(born 22 April 1974)is an Indian author and columnist. He was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Bhagat graduated in mechanical engineering at IIT Delhi and completed an MBA at IIM Ahmedabad. He started his career as an investment banker but left it after a few years to pursue his passion for writing.
He has written nine novels and three non-fiction books. His first novel, Five Point Someone, was published in 2004. His novels have been listed as bestsellers. Five of Chetan Bhagat's novels have been adapted into Bollywood films like Hello in 2008 (based on One Night @ the Call Center), 3 Idiots in 2009 (based on Five Point Someone), Kai Po Che! in 2013 (based on The 3 Mistakes of My Life); 2 States in 2014 (based on his novel of the same name) and Half Girlfriend in 2017 (based on his novel of the same name).
Often people tend to associate popular literature with inferior literary value, however, that might not always be the case. Works of writers like Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were quite popular at the times they were written, and they surely don't lack in literary value. Especially after the advent of postmodernism, the line that separates serious and popular literatures have become increasingly blurred.
The most important genre in popular literature is and always has been the romance extending as it does from the Middle Ages to the present. The most common type of romance describes the obstacles encountered by two people (usually young) engaged in a forbidden love.
Another common genre is that of fantasy, or science fiction . Finally, the detective story or murder mystery is a widely read form of popular literature. Popular literature has also come to include such genres as comic books and cartoon strips.
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