Reading Romantic Novels in Everyday-Life Atmosphere The Experience of Female Readers

This research tries to gain some understanding about the behaviors of the addressees in the area of one of the most popular domain of literature, i.e., popular romantic novels. The theoretical approach of the research is that the addressee is an active individual who has his/her own intention and motivations for inclining towards a romantic work. In this view, the addressee of popular works can also have his/her understanding of these works with regard to his/her own experiences, information and socio-cultural environment and thus to embark upon an interpret. In this view, the addresses of popular novels not only are not expelled but also their reasons for inclination towards these works are studied, because in this attitude, it is assumed that the addressee actively and consciously has selected these novels, based on his/her demand. This research has been conducted by using the theory of uses and satisfaction. Learning about the individual features of readers, the addresse's interests in connection with novel and reasons for inclination of readers to the romantic works from their own view points have been among the objectives of this research.