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BookTok clashes over claims romantasy is 'killing literature'
Original: wait, so allegedly # booktok grognards are bleating that the romantasy genre is killing # literature . my brother in eng
An online debate is underway over claims that romantasy, the romance-fantasy genre popularised by BookTok, is damaging literature. Critics of that view argue the real threat is declining literacy rates, not popular genres, pointing out that mass-market genre fiction has always drawn scorn, from Dragonlance in the 1990s onwards. Commenters are defending readers of popular romance-fantasy titles against accusations of lowbrow taste.
Why now: Ongoing online arguments about BookTok's influence and the literary merit of romantasy fiction
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- wait, so allegedly # booktok grognards are bleating that the romantasy genre is killing # literature . my brother in english, the literacy crises are actually killing literature, let the romantasy enjoyers have their pretend highbrow # smut in the 90s it was dragonlance, the… · scottymarinara@jorts.horse · 2
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