Narrative Devices in Motion: From Genre Fiction to Mainstream Fiction in Florin Chirculescu’s Prose [PDF]
Caietele Echinox, 2022 This article explores the dynamics between Romanian genre fiction and mainstream fiction in the postcommunist period, trying to negotiate the instrumentalizations of narrative devices usually found in popular literature (be it fantasy, crime, or ...
Alex Văsieș
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The Conventions of Detective Fiction, or Why We Like Detective Novels: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
Anafora, 2018 Detective fiction has been immensely popular among readers for decades. This paper answers the questions of who the readers of this genre are and what makes detective stories so attractive for them. The first part of the paper discusses why the so-called
Sanja Matković
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The genre of islands: popular fiction and performance geographies [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2016 To date, studies of the contribution literature makes to ideas about islands have concentrated on “high” literature. This has left unexamined the largest proportion of literature featuring islands.
Ralph Crane, Lisa Fletcher
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Cognitive Aspects of Reception of Popular Literary Genres and Their Historical Variability [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2021 In the article, the author investigates connections between historical variability of literary genres and readers’ ability to recognize them. Following J.-M.
Artem A. Zubov
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Selected Women Fiction Writer of 20th Century: In the Context of Realism
دریافت, 2022 Like the other genre of Urdu, the pride of fiction writing is with male writers, but female writers have also added a lot to it. Among them names of Khaton Akram, Mrs Abdul Qadir, Abbasi Begam, Khadija Mastoor, Hajra Masroor and Qurat ul Ain Haider are ...
Shazia Andleeb, Sadaf Naqvi
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Popular fiction television production in Nigeria: global models, local responses [PDF]
, 2008 This thesis explores the ways in which popular fiction television is produced in Nigeria in the 21st century and through it the investigation of social relations in the industry and the analysis of its products.
Ekwenchi, O.C.
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Sonic Futures: Short Fiction Storytelling: Artificial Intelligence in Popular Music Studies
, 2023 Over the last three years, I have been involved in creating short fictional stories. These fictional works explore the current and future applications of AI in creative music production including intellectual property law, work for hire and (mis ...
Boon, H.
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The Genre of Islands: Popular Fiction and Performative Geographies
Island Studies Journal, 2016 To date, studies of the contribution literature makes to ideas about islands have concentrated on “high” literature. This has left unexamined the largest proportion of literature featuring islands.
Ralph Crane, Lisa Fletcher
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European Journal of American Studies, 2023 Popular fiction is often defined as formula fiction as it tends to employ a much more limited repertory of plots, characters, and settings than Literature. Westerns, fantasies, romances, mysteries, science fiction, adventures, etc.
Biljana Oklopcic
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The uncocked gun? representations of masculinity in contemporary crime fiction [PDF]
, 2010 This thesis examines the representation of masculinity in the work of three contemporary male crime writers – George Pelecanos, Henning Mankell and Ian Rankin.
Massey, Susan
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