Resource for Research

Another academic source that I used for my research paper about the melodrama, is a source about society's thoughts in the present day and over the past several decades about "Women's Films". This source was introduced in class and it is called "Apt Feelings, or Why 'Women's Films' Aren't Trivial" by Flo Leibowitz. I agree with the thoughts that those who write melodramas write certain scenes in their novels planning for their readers to have an emotional reaction. When I watch and/or read melodramas there is always a point with in the novel or film where I am crying because of the pity that I feel for the main character or characters. What is also mentioned in this resource is that, "the melodrama....is typically associated with.....narrow escapes". This quote from this source is very important to my research because in my paper I will be comparing escapism and the melodrama as said in a previous blog post. It is a common thought that women are the sex that is mainly attracted to these types of films and novels, and I do agree. This source supports this and it also supports my opinion, that though women are always associated with watching or reading the melodrama it should not be a known as a subject of negativity.