Genre Fiction

•             If Gallagher’s argument is true in Readicide, should we continue to teach literary fiction so exclusively? 

No I completely disagree with that because a lot of the books we read at school make me not want to read. Ex.) Cry, the Beloved Country, this book has a great point and meaning but drags on and teaches it in a boring way. It makes me not want to read and almost have a stereotype on books. I think some literary fiction is important to teach, but at the same time it shouldn’t be the only thing they teach because it gets really boring after a while and there are more interesting ways to teach some values. Also some genre fiction can give more values than just one that is usually focused on in literary fiction

 •            Should we add more genre fiction to the curriculum? 

Yes, genre fiction is more interesting and exercises your imagination and at the same time can teach most values that come from a literary novel, but more interesting. If we added more genre fiction more kids may like reading more and it wouldn’t be such a hassle to read, and less people would use Sparknotes on the boring Literary fiction books. Also the Genre books you can do a lot in class with because you can guess what happens in a certain scene or a chapter. In most literary fiction it’s very clear what is going to happen.

•             Are you good with swapping out Of Mice and Men for Twilight, for example?  Or Macbeth for Hunger Games?

Mice and Men for Twilight, no. The only thing that would have to change if more genre fiction was added into the curriculum would be class decisions on certain books do the literary version or the genre fiction version. Just because of the reason that some genre fiction versions may be for boys mostly or girls mostly. The only upside of literary fiction is that is for both boys and girls.