For the longest time novels have been used as a form of entertainment; however, they can also be used for moral standards and for motivation, or to bring awareness to an extremely heavy topic.
For example, the book To Kill a Mockingbird was written not for entertainment, but to bring sense and disgust to racism against African Americans, or for non-white people in general. There’s a reason high-schoolers groan and complain when they get assigned this classic novel.
The genre of this book (literary fiction) is usually used to bring awareness to a certain heavy subject. Literary fiction is a huge genre in today’s book market, with some top hits such as Where the Crawdads Sing, The Maid, The Great Gatsby, and A Tale of Two Cities.
Most, if not all of the classic literature taught in classrooms today is literary fiction. That being said, all of those novels were written to bring awareness to a heavy subject.
This type of style isn’t exclusive to literature, either. You can find them in movies (though most of the movies with this style are adaptations of previous novels). However, my favorite film of all time that is literary fiction/psychological drama is A Silent Voice, which tackles the severe issue of bullying, depression, social anxiety, and suicide.
Anyway, as I was saying, novels aren’t just written for entertainment. Lots of the novels coming from relevant authors are actually not written only for entertainment. You can find this application on the Dog Man graphic novels, which were originally published for humor and entertainment, but not the author incorporated good morals into the stories. If you really look, this style is incorporated into lots, if not all of the novels being written today and one-hundred years ago. A lady once said that when we open up a novel and read the words on the thin piece of paper, our brains react like we’re in the book. This allows us to see through the perspective of someone who went through something heavy, and it allows us to realize how terrifying the world is. That’s why serious fiction is so important. That is why old and irrelevant novels like To Kill a Mockingbird are so important. So the next time you find yourself shaking your head at a ridiculous graphic novel, think about this.
The genre of this book (literary fiction) is usually used to bring awareness to a certain heavy subject. Literary fiction is a huge genre in today’s book market, with some top hits such as Where the Crawdads Sing, The Maid, The Great Gatsby, and A Tale of Two Cities.
Most, if not all of the classic literature taught in classrooms today is literary fiction. That being said, all of those novels were written to bring awareness to a heavy subject.
This type of style isn’t exclusive to literature, either. You can find them in movies (though most of the movies with this style are adaptations of previous novels). However, my favorite film of all time that is literary fiction/psychological drama is A Silent Voice, which tackles the severe issue of bullying, depression, social anxiety, and suicide.
Anyway, as I was saying, novels aren’t just written for entertainment. Lots of the novels coming from relevant authors are actually not written only for entertainment. You can find this application on the Dog Man graphic novels, which were originally published for humor and entertainment, but not the author incorporated good morals into the stories. If you really look, this style is incorporated into lots, if not all of the novels being written today and one-hundred years ago. A lady once said that when we open up a novel and read the words on the thin piece of paper, our brains react like we’re in the book. This allows us to see through the perspective of someone who went through something heavy, and it allows us to realize how terrifying the world is. That’s why serious fiction is so important. That is why old and irrelevant novels like To Kill a Mockingbird are so important. So the next time you find yourself shaking your head at a ridiculous graphic novel, think about this.
