<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This paper proposes to prove that in the late 20th and early 21st century commodification, commercialization and consumerism have, so to say, joined forces and led to a decrease in high literature and the increase of cheap volumes which are of low quality but in high demand.</abstract>

This paper proposes to prove that in the late 20th and early 21st century commodification, commercialization and consumerism have, so to say, joined forces and led to a decrease in high literature and the increase of cheap volumes which are of low quality but in high demand.

The Dumbing Down of Literature

English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This paper proposes to prove that in the late 20th and early 21st century commodification, commercialization and consumerism have, so to say, joined forces and...

The Dumbing Down of Literature

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 21 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0004

Keywords
commercialization, commodification, consumerism, high-quality literature, low literature

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Dumbing Down of Literature

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 21 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0004

Keywordscommercialization, commodification, consumerism, high-quality literature, low literature

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
commercialization, commodification, consumerism, high-quality literature, low literature