How badly will the instructor choke if you say that "literary" fiction and/or "mainstream" fiction are just different genres, no better/worse/harder/easier than SF/mysteries/westerns/romance?
Unfortunately, academic writing departments often sniff at genre fiction. I was told that when I got my undergrad (class of '91) and I thought things were getting better, but in academia, progress is slow.
No advice, but sympathy. Good luck on the cyberculture class!
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Date: 2006-10-05 07:20 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, academic writing departments often sniff at genre fiction. I was told that when I got my undergrad (class of '91) and I thought things were getting better, but in academia, progress is slow.
No advice, but sympathy.
Good luck on the cyberculture class!