POPULAR GENRES: SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, DETECTIVE NOVEL, THRILLER
POPULAR GENRES: SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, DETECTIVE NOVEL, THRILLER
Author(s): Mihai IovănelSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Academia Română, Filiala Cluj-Napoca
Keywords: Romanian literature; science fiction; fantasy; detective fiction; thriller;
Summary/Abstract: This article presents from a historical point of view, starting from the 19th century to the present, the evolution of the main paraliterary genres in Romanian literature (science-fiction and fantasy literature, detective literature, thriller). The study is theoretically based on a double hypothesis. First, that the evolution of these genres follows the Fredric Jameson–Franco Moretti “law” according to which in peripheral cultures the novel is imported as a form of compromise between a Western form and local materials. Secondly, that the communist period (1948–1989) is the reference period for the development of the popular fiction in Romania.
Journal: Dacoromania litteraria
- Issue Year: 7/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 137-153
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
