˜Theœ basic formulas of fiction
Author | : William F. Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1973 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : William F. Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Foster Harris |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2012-04-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258288341 |
Author | : William Foster Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2012-04-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258286224 |
Author | : Anna Faktorovich |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2014-09-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476615853 |
This book creates a taxonomy for the major bestselling fictional genres: romance (e.g., authors Heyer, Cartland, Woodiwiss and Roberts), religious and inspirational (Corelli and Douglas), mystery and detective (Conan Doyle, Christie and Mankell), and science fiction, horror and fantasy (Wells, Tolkien, Orwell, Niven, King and Rowling). Chapters look at a genre from its roots to its most recent works. The structural patterns in the plot, characters and setting of these genres are then explained. The book also provides a critique of currently popular hyper-formulaic, hack, unliterary writings that have multiplied in recent decades. Special topics such as the publishing oligopoly and the resulting homogeneity among bestselling works and the steady movement from literary to unliterary fiction are also examined.
Author | : John G. Cawelt |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2014-02-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 022614870X |
In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic literature. Cawelti discusses such seemingly diverse works as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Dorothy Sayers's The Nine Tailors, and Owen Wister's The Virginian in the light of his hypotheses about the cultural function of formula literature. He describes the most important artistic characteristics of popular formula stories and the differences between this literature and that commonly labeled "high" or "serious" literature. He also defines the archetypal patterns of adventure, mystery, romance, melodrama, and fantasy, and offers a tentative account of their basis in human psychology.
Author | : Deborah Chester |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 178499605X |
There's more to writing a successful fantasy story than building a unique world or inventing new magic. How exactly is a plot put together? How do you know if your idea will support an entire novel? How do you grab reader attention and keep it? How do you create dynamic, multi-dimensional characters? What is viewpoint and do you handle it differently in urban fantasy than in traditional epics? What should you do if you're lost in the middle? How do you make your plot end up where you intend it to go? From the writing of strong, action-packed scenes to the handling of emotions, let award-winning fantasy author Deborah Chester guide you through the process of putting a book together. Convinced there's no need to shroud the writing process under a veil of mystery, Chester supplies tips that are both practical and proven. They are exactly what she uses in writing her own novels and what she teaches in her writing courses at the University of Oklahoma. Along with explaining story construction step-by-step, Chester illustrates each technique with examples drawn from both traditional and urban fantasy. The technique chapters include exercises to assist novices in mastering the craft of writing fantasy as well as suggestions for avoiding or solving plot problems. More experienced writers will find tips for taking their work to the next level. With an introduction by author Jim Butcher, The fantasy fiction formula provides the information you need to gain skill and proficiency in writing fantasy like a pro.
Author | : Carl Darryl Malmgren |
Publisher | : Bucknell University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780838750674 |
Fictional space is the imaginal expanse of field created by fictional discourse; a space which, through ultimately self-referential and self-validating, necessarily exists in ascertainable relation to the real world outside the text. After defining his theoretical framework the author applies it to American fiction of the twentieth century.
Author | : San Francisco Public Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Libraries |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Maria Nikolajeva |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Children's literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Albrecht Koschorke |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2018-04-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110384124 |
How can we develop a cultural theory starting with the basic insight that human beings are "storytelling animals"? Within literary studies, narratology is a highly developed field. However, literary historians have not paid much attention to the large and small stories abounding in everyday discourse, guiding all kinds of social activity, and providing common ground for whole societies—but also fueling controversies and hostilities. Moreover, "narrative" is not only a scholarly category but has come into use in many fields of social activity as a tool for cultural self-fashioning. This book is based on the assumption that to a large extent, social dynamics is modeled in an aesthetic manner via narratives. It explores the narrative organization of cultural spaces and time-frames, the mythological shaping of communities and adversaries, and the co-production of narratives and institutions aimed at stabilizing social life. In this framework, the epistemological problem looms large of how an instrument as unreliable as narrative can participate in the creation of a social consensus regarding truth. This problem endows the general topics explored in this book with a particularly contemporary dimension.