Outline of fiction
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to fiction:
Fiction - narrative which is made up by the author. Literary work, it also includes theatrical, cinematic, documental, and musical work. In contrast to this is non-fiction, which deals exclusively in factual events. Semi-fiction is fiction implementing a great deal of non-fiction, e.g. a fictional description based on a true story.
What ''type'' of thing is fiction?
- Product of imagination - Fiction forms pure imagination in the reader, partially because these novels are fabricated from creativity and is not pure truth; When the reader reads a passage from a novel he or she connects the words to images and visualizes the event or situation being read in their imagination, hence the word.
- Source of entertainment - This type of entertainment is usually pursued to escape reality and imagine their own; which is suppressing depression with an emotional interest.
- Genre - any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria.
- Opposite of non-fiction - non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact.
Elements of fiction
Character
- Fictional character - person in a narrative work of arts.
- * Protagonist - main character around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy.
- * Antagonist - character, group of characters, or an institution, who oppose the main character.
Plot
- Plot - events that make up a story, particularly: as they relate to one another in a pattern or in a sequence; as they relate to each other through cause and effect; how the reader views the story; or simply by coincidence.
- * Subplot - secondary strand of the plot that is a supporting side story for any story or the main plot. Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and place or in thematic significance. Subplots often involve supporting characters, those besides the protagonist or antagonist.
- * Story arc - extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and films with each episode following a narrative arc. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes.
- * Narrative structure - structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer. The narrative text structures are the plot and the setting.
- * Monomyth - the hero's journey; it is the common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero going on an adventure, and in a decisive crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed.
Setting
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Theme
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Style
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Types of fiction
Literary fiction
- Literary fiction - type of fiction that focuses more on analyzing the human condition than on plot
Genre fiction
Genres based on age of reader
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Genres based on subject matter
- Mystery fiction -
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- Fantasy fiction - genre of fiction that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting.
- Science fiction - genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting. Exploring the consequences of such innovations is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas".
- Pornography -
- Erotica - works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing descriptions.
Genres based on form
Genres based on the length of the work
- Flash fiction - A work of fewer than 2,000 words.
- Short story - A work of at least 2,000 words but under 7,500 words.
- Novella - A work of at least 17,500 words but under 50,000 words.. The boundary between a long short story and a novella is vague.
- Novel - A work of 50,000 words or more.
- Epic - A long poem.
Other genres
- Fan fiction
- * Slash fiction
- Real person fiction
Fictional elements
- Libraries in fiction
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History of fiction
- History of literature
- History of film
- History of theatre
By content
- History of mystery fiction
- * History of detective fiction
- History of fantasy fiction
- History of science fiction
By form
By length
- History of flash fiction
- History of short stories
- History of novelettes
- History of novellas
- History of novels
- History of epic poetry
Uses of fiction
- Instruction
- Propaganda
- Advertising
Narrative technique
Authors of fiction
Fantasy fiction authors
- Piers Anthony -
- Julian May -
- J.K. Rowling -
- J. R. R. Tolkien -
- Stephenie Meyer -
- C.S. Lewis -
Horror fiction authors
- Stephen King -
- H. P. Lovecraft -
- R. L. Stine -
Science fiction authors
- Isaac Asimov -
- Arthur C. Clarke -
- Philip K. Dick -
- Robert A. Heinlein -
- Frank Herbert -
Comic authors
- Jean Giraud -
- Stan Lee -
- Will Eisner -
Footnotes