Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15176/vol52no209
Recipients of Popular Literature as a Starting Point for the Understanding of Popular Poetics
Josipa Tomašić
; Odsjek za kroatistiku, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
This paper problematizes the phenomenon of popular literature with reference to the recipients of popular literature. Our initial thesis is that what is considered as popular is not contained in the text itself, but in the manner the text is approached. We observe the social structure of the popular reader/listener, his/her aesthetic demands, which define the structure and the aesthetics of the popular literary text. We observe popular literature within the previous research of Croatian popular literature with a focus on the prolific work of Divna Zečević, which sets the foundation for further systematic research on the popular literary phenomenon.
Keywords
popular literature, recipient, popular text, chapbooks, popular enlightenment
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149483
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Publication date:
14.12.2015.
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