Remarkably Bright Creatures is literary fiction? I'm smack…
0 reactions
Remarkably Bright Creatures is literary fiction?
I'm smack dab in the center of *Remarkably Bright Creatures* by Shelby Van Pelt, and I couldn't help but notice that it is classified as "Literary" on Storygraph. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the definition of "Literary", but in my mind a literary work focuses more so on the appeal of graceful prose and the complexity of an overarching theme therein than the beeline, prosaically simple plot hooks of so-called genre fiction.
And yet, while I'm certainly enjoying the book and its characters, I do not find it to meet my expectations of literary prose. Everything is written matter-of-factly and devoid of metaphor, symbolism, allegory, etc.; there is not much to expound upon or ponder.
A contemporary work that meets my expectations of literary fiction despite its "simplicity" would be *Winter in Soc*k*cho,* to further illustrate my understanding.
Am I fundamentally misunderstanding something here? Am I just a snob?
#entertainment
source
I'm smack dab in the center of *Remarkably Bright Creatures* by Shelby Van Pelt, and I couldn't help but notice that it is classified as "Literary" on Storygraph. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the definition of "Literary", but in my mind a literary work focuses more so on the appeal of graceful prose and the complexity of an overarching theme therein than the beeline, prosaically simple plot hooks of so-called genre fiction.
And yet, while I'm certainly enjoying the book and its characters, I do not find it to meet my expectations of literary prose. Everything is written matter-of-factly and devoid of metaphor, symbolism, allegory, etc.; there is not much to expound upon or ponder.
A contemporary work that meets my expectations of literary fiction despite its "simplicity" would be *Winter in Soc*k*cho,* to further illustrate my understanding.
Am I fundamentally misunderstanding something here? Am I just a snob?
#entertainment
source
| 1,000 mlx | |
| 1 | |
| 0 |