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In addition to elitism and mass appeal, there are two other trends in modern foreign literature: fashion and classicism.
The fashionable trends in modern literature include:
- conceptualism,
- postmodernism,
- magical realism,
- fantasy,
- cyberpunk,
- intellectual literature,
- book series.
Major structural changes are taking place in literature at the present stage. Literature is adapting to the modern rhythm of life, to the reader’s perception of new reality, is being renewed. Modern literature is becoming diverse. Especially from this point of view it is interesting to follow how the classical directions of literature have adapted to modern requirements.
Realism continues to be popular and in modern foreign literature takes position with confidence. Realism, however, has also undergone changes, branching out.
Surrealism, magical realism, critical realism, and metaphorical realism are the modern trends of realism in literature. The foundations, modern realism, which were laid by Marquez, Cortázar, Borges, continue to be developed in the
works of a new generation of writers.
One of the trends of modern foreign literature is the development of the detective genre, which has become truly multi-faceted. A huge number of detective novels are released, which are designed for the masses and are designed to satisfy the curiosity of the reader. You could say that the works of the detective genre are released as on an assembly line. At the same time, detectives are divided into historical, fantasy, ironic, intellectual.
Another trend of modern foreign literature is the development of such genres as fantasy and fantasy. However, they do not develop in their pure form, but are considered under different points of view, reformatted and branched out. The development of literature at the present stage occurs in close, fruitful cooperation with the computer game industry. Many genres of modern fantasy literature have appeared, among which stand out cyberpunk, steampunk, horror, space opera, urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic, gothic novel, techno-fantasy.
In modern foreign literature a special place is given to autobiographical works. Such works are little read, as a rule, collections of such Such works are seldom read, as a rule, collections of such works are few and far between, and the artistic value of these works is rather These works are of relatively low artistic value. Another reason why such works are not in demand may be Another reason such works are not in demand may be that the famous people whose autobiographies are described in the book, in most cases, do not write the works themselves. Another reason for the lack of demand for such works may be that famous people whose autobiographies are described in the book in most cases do not write them themselves, assigning the work to paid authors.
Another important trend that distinguishes modern foreign literature is literary anonymity. For the most part, the works of anonymous authors are distributed on the Internet. Anonymous writers write scripts for TV series and movies.
In addition to anonymous writers, new directions in modern foreign literature are developed by pseudonymous writers, who are also faceless individuals.
The above brings us to postmodernism, the signs of which in literature are a mixture of styles, eschatological mood, a mixture of cultures, reevaluation of aesthetics, ironic quotation. The most prominent representatives of postmodernism are Umberto Eco, Palanec, and Beigbeder. Despite the fact that the directions of modern literature have already passed through postmodernism and continue to develop further, postmodernism still retains a fairly strong position, especially among intellectuals.
Polarization is a modern trend in literature that is hard to miss. It consists in the fact that there are intellectual works, which are also called elitist, which are intended for a narrow circle of readers. And there are mass works in which
there’s a tendency toward the fiction. This is probably due to the modern rhythm of life. For a person, in addition to books, available to all kinds of entertainment, ways to spend time pleasantly.
And the modern pace of life, bustle, hurry, routine, being forced to perform a huge number of tasks during the day causes fatigue and a natural human desire for rest, when after a hard day you can relax both physically and, especially, mentally. That is why works that have no particular artistic value, written in an easy, accessible language, works that do not require mental stress, are popular at the present stage.
