Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

pulp fiction

Slovak translation:

braková literatúra

Jan 28, 2010 16:57
14 yrs ago
English term

pulp fiction

GBK English to Slovak Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Definition from Robert Harris - VirtualSalt:
Novels written for the mass market, intended to be "a good read,"--often exciting, titillating, thrilling. Historically they have been very popular but critically sneered at as being of sub-literary quality. The earliest ones were the dime novels of the nineteenth century, printed on newsprint (hence "pulp" fiction) and sold for ten cents. Westerns, stories of adventure, even the Horatio Alger novels, all were forms of pulp fiction.
Example sentences:
At five to twenty-five cents an issue, pulp fiction was a literature accessible to Americans at every income level—often sold at newsstands and drugstores. Until the mid-1950s, pulp fiction was the literature of choice for the reading public, before it was supplanted by comic books and paperbacks. (The Library of Congress-American Memory)
The pulp fiction era provided a breeding ground for creative talent which would influence all forms of entertainment for decades to come. The hardboiled detective and science fiction genres were created by the freedom that the pulp fiction magazines provided. (Vintage New Media, inc.)
Pulp fiction was a great avenue to escape the mundane and escape into a world of gangsters and good guys, cowboys and cattlemen, spaceships and star travelers. For a thin dime one could read from the pens of some of the best writers of the era: the era of pulp fiction. (Robert Wheadon)
Proposed translations (Slovak)
4 +2 braková literatúra
Change log

Jan 28, 2010 15:27: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Jan 28, 2010 16:57: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"

Jan 31, 2010 18:03: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"

Feb 1, 2010 08:54: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"

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braková literatúra

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Definition from own experience or research:
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Example sentences:
U nás sa nálepka populárna literatúra spája s označením braková literatúra, čo je nepochopením princípu veci. (litcentrum.sk)
Mladý McCartney písal brakovú literatúru 28. septembra 2009 11:15 Nedávno objavená esej mladého Paula McCartneyho spred vyše 50 rokov odhalila túžbu budúceho slávneho člena skupiny Beatles stať sa autorom lacných románov. Paul McCartney svoju úvahu napísal v roku 1953 a odoslal ju do oblastnej literárnej súťaže. (Atlas.sk)
Znamená to, že miera naznačeného, nedopovedaného, vnútorného rozhoduje o tom, či ide o brakovú, lacnú literatúru alebo o umenie? Aj to rozdeľuje literatúru na čisto zábavnú, populárnu a umeleckú. Populárna literatúra spraví takmer všetko za čitateľa, je v nej pramálo toho, čo by mohlo zostať ako tvorivé čitateľské pole. (Tasr.sk)
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