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The difference between YA and adult literature is a lot deeper than you're illustrating. It's not about the presence of sex and violence, but how they handles
by heterodoxxed 6y ago
The difference between YA and adult literature is a lot deeper than you're illustrating.
It's not about the presence of sex and violence, but how they handles themes, character and moral conflicts.
- falcolas 6y agoLike 50 Shades of Grey? How about Ender's Game? The Hobbit? These books may be outliers on both sides, but they are also far from alone.
- heterodoxxed 6y ago| Like 50 Shades of Grey No, of course not. Is that what you think people are referring to when they suggest you consider the difference between YA literature and literature intended for adults?
- falcolas 6y ago> literature intended for adults? But it is. It is, quite clearly, literature intended for adults. It may be more smut and less Moby Dick, but it's not by any means written for children. And, funnily enough, it also represents the same kind of mindless entertainment people refer to when criticizing YA books. It's not Hemingway or Twain, but wait, didn't we read them in High School too?
- heterodoxxed 6y ago| It is, quite clearly, literature intended for adults. In the most pedantic and literal interpretation possible, yes. But the adult alternative to Pixar is not Pornhub.