| Abstrakt: |
The article explores some aspects of the fiction bestseller phenomenon in Denmark, and thus deals with a literature that is largely neglected by literary research. Initially, it defines some essential features and functions of the bestseller. The bestseller is not merely a mirror of its time but offers a vision of a new order of life as well. The sensational story of Yahya Hassan's poetry collection Yahya Hassan (2013) shows how a modern bestseller can emerge and operate and how even poetry is able to set a political agenda. Two other examples of the bestseller's ideological importance are the contribution of women's literature to the formation of a female self-awareness over the last 30-40 years, and how bestsellers have served as a forum for moral education and political debate. Finally, the article examines the relationship between the local and the exotic in bestselling literature and combines a national and an international perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
