Readicide

Literary Fiction v. Genre Fiction

I don’t think that Genre Fiction is less worthy than Literary Fiction. I think now a day people would most rather read Genre Fiction then ‘the classics’. I believe that Genre Fiction could be our genre’s new ‘classics’. There is a difference between literary and genre fiction. However, I think that there’s a difference because they classify what they make us read in school as literary fiction. Most of the books that they make us read are boring and hard to understand at some times. My view has been obscured by the constant need to look at it as something I have to do.

When it comes to decide what should be read in school, I think that the people who have to read the material should have the choice. If they have to read it then they should be able to pick it, then they won’t be able to blame someone for making them read a book that they didn’t enjoy. They can form their own opinion about the book.

What should schools do?

I think that there should be an equal balance between literary fiction and genre fiction. I think that will give people a wide range of books; it allows diversity. I don’t think that we should replace or take out the books in our curriculum. I agree that there are some books that are classics and should be shared, ‘never let the classics die.’  I don’t think it would be a good idea if we only had genre fiction. I think that would then cause people to not want to read genre fiction. I don’t think that all literary fiction is bad. I think that students think it’s bad because they make us read it.