In contemporary English, there is a word called chicklit. This word is a proper noun in literary criticism, meaning "chicken literature". It refers to literary works written by women and mainly aimed at single working women in their 20s and 30s. It discusses topics that modern women care about in a relaxed and humorous way: such as marriage, love, sex, fashion, and so on. The women depicted in this type of novels are either overly focused on appearance, or Shopaholic , or leftover women, strong women, and so on. The word chick is used to refer to young women in American slang , while lit is an abbreviation of the word literature.
The film is adapted from the novel of the same name published by Emily Giffen in 2005, which is a typical chicken literature. Corresponding to the chicken literature, there is also a type of "chicken movie". It can be said that " Bridget Jones's Diary " and " Sex and the City: The Movie " are both representative. It tells contemporary women's outlook on love, marriage and friendship through a complex story of love and friendship. The various character relationships in the novel are all what the author sees and hears in his life, and even part of it is personal experience. The reason for their popularity may be the authenticity of the story
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