Ana-karina Schneider, "Studies in the Rhetoric of Fiction"
English | 2015 | pages: 201 | ISBN: 1443877131 | PDF | 1,9 mb
Studies in the Rhetoric of Fiction investigates the contemporary novel's relation to its forerunners, the picaresques, romances and sentimental novels of the 18th century. Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne and Jane Austen are stable landmarks, while, of the contemporary practitioners, a handful recur from one chapter to the next, particularly Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro. The chapters share an interest in the rhetoric of fiction, broadly understood as the way in which fictional works achieve their effects on readers, whether by directly addressing a hypothetical reader, using irony and parody, orchestrating competitions between divergent narratives, imitating musical structures, inviting intertextual readings, or openly taking issue with traditional conventions and expectations. Chapters focusing on narrative strategy and metanarrative comment, therefore, alternate with those interrogating reading practices and readerly participation in the rhetorical interchange.
Rereading Victorian Fiction By Alice Jenkins, Juliet John
2002 | 218 Pages | ISBN: 0333973852 | PDF | 3 MB
These essays on novels and short stories from the beginning of Victoria's reign to our own times represent a wide range of critical and theoretical viewpoints on fiction. Covering lesser-known works as well as some of the most canonical texts of the period, the essays explore Victorian texts' connections with earlier literature, as well as twentieth-century novelists' responses to Victorian fiction. This collection emphasizes the breadth and diversity of Victorian prose fiction and will be of interest to students and specialists alike.
Duration: 32m | Video: .MP4, 1280x720, 30 fps | Audio: AAC, 48 kHz, 2ch | Size: 222 MB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Want to write compelling fiction? The secret is creating authentic characters.Join best-selling author Sabaa Tahir as she walks you through her personal process for crafting authentic characters! Packed with exercises, prompts, and tried-and-true techniques, this class will teach you how to create real and nuanced characters that feel like they could walk right off of the page. Once you master this, you'll be on your way to becoming the storyteller you've always dreamt of being. You'll learn how to:Define the goal, motivation, and conflict to set the groundwork for your character
Determine key attributes to build your character
Discovering Fiction (Sinotheory)
by Yan Lianke and Carlos Rojas
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1478015675 | 153 Pages | True PDF | 4.46 MB
Lucy McCarraher, "How To Write Fiction Without The Fuss"
English | ISBN: 1781330824 | 2013 | 212 pages | EPUB | 365 KB
If you've ever wanted to try your hand at fiction, started a novel or short story, or completed a manuscript - but think it lacks a certain something, this is the book for you. 'How To Write Fiction Without The Fuss' takes you through all aspects of the craft of fiction writing and gives you a clear understanding of the fundamentals, along with tools and tips to enhance your writing skills. This easy-to-read handbook for creative writers will teach you how to: * Structure a classic Descriptionline to keep your readers gripped * Create believable characters with original voices * Use settings and themes to give your story depth * Understand your genre and integrate your research * Write like a professional and lose the amateurish gaffes * Edit and format your manuscript to attract agents and publishers
The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction By Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.
2011 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0819570923 | PDF | 2 MB
As the world undergoes daily transformations through the application of technoscience to every aspect of life, science fiction has become an essential mode of imagining the horizons of possibility. However much science fiction texts vary in artistic quality and intellectual sophistication, they share in a mass social energy and a desire to imagine a collective future for the human species and the world. At this moment, a strikingly high proportion of films, commercial art, popular music, video and computer games, and non-genre fiction have become what Csicsery-Ronay calls science fictional, stimulating science-fictional habits of mind. We no longer treat science fiction as merely a genre-engine producing formulaic effects, but as a mode of awareness, which frames experiences as if they were aspects of science fiction. The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction describes science fiction as a constellation of seven diverse cognitive attractions that are particularly formative of science-fictionality. These are the "seven beauties" of the title: fictive neology, fictive novums, future history, imaginary science, the science-fictional sublime, the science-fictional grotesque, and the Technologiade, or the epic of technsocience's development into a global regime.
Youth Fiction and Trans Representation
by Tom Sandercock
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032127287 | 211 Pages | True PDF | 2.24 MB
Dani Cavallaro, "The Chivalric Romance and the Essence of Fiction"
English | 2015 | pages: 229 | ISBN: 0786499834 | PDF | 1,5 mb
Ranging from Chretien de Troyes to Shakespeare, this study proposes that the chivalric romance is characterized by a centerless structure, self-conscious fictionality and a propensity for irony.
Philip Tew, "The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction "
English | ISBN: 1350143014 | 2022 | 368 pages | PDF | 2 MB
How did social, cultural and political events concerning Britain during the 1940s reshape modern British fiction?
Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays By Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse
2006 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0786426403 | PDF | 8 MB
Fans have been responding to literary works since the days of Homer's Odyssey and Euripedes' Medea. More recently, a number of science fiction, fantasy, media, and game works have found devoted fan followings. The advent of the Internet has brought these groups from relatively limited, face-to-face enterprises to easily accessible global communities, within which fan texts proliferate and are widely read and even more widely commented upon. New interactions between readers and writers of fan texts are possible in these new virtual communities. From Star Trek to Harry Potter, the essays in this volume explore the world of fan fiction--its purposes, how it is created, how the fan experiences it. Grouped by subject matter, essays cover topics such as genre intersection, sexual relationships between characters, character construction through narrative, and the role of the beta reader in online communities. The work also discusses the terminology used by creators of fan artifacts and comments on the effects of technological advancements on fan communities.