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中間小説 (chuukanshousetsu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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The middle-brow novel is a genre positioned between pure literature and popular fiction.
She is known as a writer of middle-brow novels.
Kanji 説 opinion, theory, explanation Related words 純じゅん 文ぶん 学がく 純文学 is pure literature with high artistic aims, while 中間小説 is more accessible and plot-driven.
大たい 衆しゅう 小しょう 説せつ 大衆小説 is popular fiction aimed at mass entertainment, whereas 中間小説 maintains literary ambition.
Etymology Compound of 中間 (middle, intermediate) and 小説 (novel). The term emerged in mid-20th-century Japanese literary criticism to describe works bridging high and popular literature.
