How to distinguish serious literature from popular literature

Serious literature expresses thoughts on human nature and cognition of the world through words, hoping to enlighten human beings through literature, so as to achieve the purpose of influencing people's world outlook and outlook on life. His thought has far-reaching influence, which makes readers purify their minds, feel life and realize life after reading.

Popular literature is a common form of popular culture, which is a commercial literature created by literati, based on mass media, operated by market mechanism and aimed at satisfying readers' pleasant consumption. The most common genre is fiction.

2. Different origins.

The root of serious literature comes from modern philosophy, and Descartes' materialism and Bacon's voluntarism can all be regarded as his roots.

Modern popular literature in China is based on the development of urban industrial and commercial economy in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, with the traditional psychological mechanism as the core in content.

3, the expression is different.

There are many ways to express serious literature, but most of them are realistic, absurd, stream of consciousness and post-modern writing methods.

Popular literature has inherited the tradition of literary creation in China's ancient novels.

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