Generisk kærlighed, eller, romancens realisme

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  • Mark McGurl

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Romance, Genre fiction, Consumer economy, Amazon, Fifty Shades of Grey

Resumé

In this chapter from his 2021 book Everything or Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon, Mark McGurl focuses on the romance novel in relation to, and as a reflection of, contemporary consumer economy. Reading E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey together with theories and figures of economic theory, he argues that the “realism” of the romance lies in how its representation of love and its “generic” and repetitive form can be related to the logics of an “on-demand” culture associated with Amazon and the consumer economy.  The chapter is part of McGurl’s overall analysis of how Amazon and contemporary consumer economy impacts not only the production and consumption of literature but also the novel itself.

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2024-06-18

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McGurl, M. (2024). Generisk kærlighed, eller, romancens realisme. Passage - Tidsskrift for Litteratur Og Kritik, 39(91), 121–147. Hentet fra https://tidsskrift.dk/passage/article/view/146690

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