Fifty Shades is a series of erotic novels by E. L. James. Originally a trilogy consisting of Fifty Shades of Gray (2011), Fifty Shades Darker , and Fifty Shades Freed (2012), the series searched for deepening the relationship between college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business king, Christian Gray.
Gray introduces Ana into the BDSM world. James has been talking about his surprise over the book's success, "The explosion of interest has really surprised me," he said. James has described the "Fifty Shades" trilogy as "my middle-aged crisis, great writing, all my fantasies are there, and that's all." He did not start writing until January 2009, when he revealed while still active in FanFiction.Net: "I started writing in January 2009 after I completed the Twilight story, and I have not stopped since. I have written two of my fikad and plan on doing at least one more. After that... who knows? "In August 2013, trilogy sales saw James on the Forbes list ' from the highest earning author with a $ 95 million earnings inclusive $ 5 million for filming rights for Fifty Shades of Gray, but the books have also been criticized by critics, with the first entry in particular being "mocked by almost every critic who has read it."
Since 2015 the series has been expanded with a series of parallel novels "as told by Christian": Gray follows the Fifty Shades of Gray but from the Christian Gray perspective, while Darker (2017) do the same for the Fifty Shades Darker plot.
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- Original trilogy
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2011)
- Fifty Shades Darker (2012)
- Fifty Shades Freed (2012)
- Diceritakan kembali oleh Christian series
- Gray (2015)
- Lebih Gelap (2017)
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Salman Rushdie said of the book: "I've never read such a badly published article that makes Twilight look like War and Peace." Maureen Dowd described the book on The New York Times written as "Bronta" without talent, "and said it was" boring and poorly written. "Jesse Kornbluth of The Huffington Post said:" As a reading experience, Fifty Shades ... is a sad joke, a weak plot ".
Professor Princeton April Alliston writes, "Although there is no literary work, Fifty Shades is more than fictional parasitic fans based on the recent vampire series Twilight ." Entertainment Weekly author Lisa Schwarzbaum gave the book a "B" rating and praised it for being "in class by itself." The English writer Jenny Colgan in The Guardian wrote, "It is very pleasant, readable and sweet and safe as BDSM (slavery, discipline, sadism and masochism) erotica can be without violating the act of trade description" and also praises the book because "more fun" than "other literary erotic books". However, The Telegraph criticized this book as "clichÃÆ'Â © treacly" but also wrote that the sexual politics in Fifty Shades of Gray will have a female reader discuss it over the years will come. "A reviewer for Ledger-Enquirer describes the book as a fun and enjoyable escape, but it also touches on an aspect of women's existence [women's surrender]. And acknowledging that fact - perhaps even appreciating it - should not be the cause of guilt. "The New Zealand Herald states that the book" will not win a prize for its prose "and that" there are some very horrible descriptions, "but it's also easy to read;" (If you only) can suspend your distrust and your desire to - if you will forgive that phrase - slap a heroine for so little self-respect, you might enjoy it. "
The Columbus Dispatch states that, "Regardless of the clumsy prose, James does get people flipping pages." Metro News Canada writes that "the suffering through the 500 pages of inner dialogue of this heroine tortures, and not in the intended way, sexy". Jessica Reaves, from the Chicago Tribune, writes that "the source of the book material is not good literature," noting that the novel was "sprinkled freely and repeatedly with the phrase", and described it as "pathetic." This book garnered several awards. In December 2012, she won the category of "Popular Fiction" and "Book of the Year" at the UK National Book Awards. That same month, Publishers Weekly named E. L. James 'Publisher of the Year,' led to â € Å"criticism from the literary worldâ €. For example, "What's a Weekly Publisher think about?" asked Carolyn Kellogg's Los Angeles Times author, while the New York Daily News headline read, "Civilization ends: E. L. James is named Person of the Year '' Weekly Publishers."
BDSM depiction
The Fifty Shades trilogy also draws criticism for its description of BDSM, with Katie Roiphe from Newsweek asking "But why, for women in particular, is it free to be a burden? it's not always comfortable, even for those of us who grow in it, maybe equality is something we want only occasionally and in some places and in some arenas, maybe its power and all its necessities can be boring. " Zap2it Andrea Reiher expressed her frustration at Roiphe's portrayal of this series, stating that "[b] succumbing sexually is not the same as being a victim of abuse" or that they "Stop their power or their equality with their partner". Other sites such as Jezebel have responded to the article, citing the Jezebel list for Fifty Shades of Gray , stating that "most fans are raving about the emotions of Anastasia and Christian relationships, not about sex. "
In an interview with Salon, some dominatrices have responded that while submission can be an escape from daily stress, they also often have male clients and that trust is a big factor in the dominant/obedient relationship. One former dominatrix and interviewed author, Melissa Febos, states that even if the popularity of the book is the result of the "current concerns about equality" of women that "does not mean that it 'proof of unhappiness, or the cancellation of feminism,"... may actually be a sign of progress that millions of women are so thirsty to pursue sexual fantasies apart from men. "Writing at The Huffington Post, critic Soraya Chemaly argues that interest in the series is not a trend, but right in the tradition and success of the romance category driven by the stories of the virgins, the broken people and the submission/the theme of domination.In contrast, he writes, these books are not well known for transgressive sex but for how women use technology to subvert gender embarrassment by exploring sexually explicit content privately using e-readers Instead of submission fantasies that represent a post- feminists with free will and freedom, female open-mindedness, sharing and discussion of sexual content is a feminist success.At the beginning of the media hype, Dr. Drew and sexologist Logan Levkoff discussed the book on The Today Show about whether < i> Fifty Shades perpetuates violence against women; Levkoff says that while it is an important subject, this trilogy has nothing to do with it - it is a book on consensual relationships. Dr Drew commented that the book was "very badly written" other than "annoying" but stated that "if the book improves the sexual life and intimacy of real-life women, let it be." Amy Bonomy, a professor of Human Development and Family Studies, argues that the relationship described is non-consensual: "Unable to bear thought alone, Christians use strategies to" trap "Anastasia, including maintaining its personal violent tendencies, limiting Anastasia's availability of help and support from friends and family through secret covenant agreements and through verbal and nonverbal intimidation, and attempts to convince Anastasia that he found his sentence pleasurable. "
Censorship or deletion of books
In March 2012, the public library branch in Brevard County, Florida, issued a copy of the Fifty Shades of Gray from their shelves, with an official stating that it did not meet the selection criteria for the library and that the reviews for the book were bad. A representative for the library stated that it was because of the sexual content of his book and that other libraries have refused to purchase copies for their branch. Deborah Caldwell-Stone of the American Library Association commented that "If the only reason you did not choose a book is that you do not approve of the content, but there is a demand for it, there is a question of whether you are fair.In the public library there is usually very little that will prevent a books are on shelves when there is demand for information. "The Brevard County public library then makes copies available to their customers due to public demand.
In Macaà © à ©, Brazil, Judge Raphael Queiroz Campos decided in January 2013 that bookshops throughout the city had to remove the entire series from their shelves or ensure that the books were wrapped and placed away from the reach of minors. The judge declared that he was asked to make such an order after seeing the children read it, based his decision on a law stating that "magazines and publications whose contents are inappropriate or inadequate for children and teenagers can only be sold if sealed and with warning about the content them ".
Movie adaptation
The film adaptation of the book is produced by Focus Features, Michael De Luca Productions, and Trigger Street Productions, with Universal Pictures and Focus Features securing rights to trilogy by March 2012. Universal is also a film distributor. Charlie Hunnam was originally cast in the role of Christian Gray along with Dakota Johnson in the role of Anastasia Steele, but Hunnam handed over the part in October 2013, with Jamie Dornan announcing for the role on 23 October. The film was released on February 13, 2015, and became a direct success, making it # 1 at the box office with $ 558.5 million. However, critical reactions are generally negative. After the first film aired on a special fan show in New York City on February 6, 2015, director Sam Taylor-Johnson confirmed two sequels to succeed after the first movie, with Fifty Shades Darker being released February 10, 2017.
See also
- BDSM in culture and media
- Sadism and masochism in fiction
Further reading
- Upstone, Sara (2016). "Outside the bedroom: the mother role in E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Gray Trilogy". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies . University of Nebraska Press. 37 (2): 138-164. JSTORÃ, 10,5250/fronjwomestud.37.2.0138.
References
External links
- Official website
- Fifty Shades of Gray Ebook
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