Fiction

The keyword Fiction is tagged in the following 6 articles.

The Word-Pocalypse: Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and Dystopian Language

November 7, 2011 - 21442 words | Film and Cinema » Television

Joss Whedon's television series Dollhouse was an innovative and problematic example of what can be achieved on network television when no one seems to be watching. Dollhouse received mixed critical reviews and a fairly low number of viewers, but it is reasonable to... Read Article »

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Dollhouse Television Dystopia Linguistics Science Fiction

Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried: Postmodern Fiction for a Postmodern War

August 31, 2011 - 3585 words | English » Vietnam

In the western history of human existence the event, idea, and act of war stands totemic in the landscape. Borders both physical and mental have been defined by its threat and execution, and its aura hangs heavily over the last century as the bloodiest in the entire... Read Article »

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Vietnam War Fiction Postmodernism Trauma Studies Tim O'Brien

The Passage from Now to Then: Examining Historical Literature Through Marguerite Yourcenar's "Memoirs of Hadrian"

December 9, 2009 - 1938 words | English » Marguerite Yourcenar

When considering historical literature that is based upon people who once lived, readers often ask where the details are taken directly from historical accounts, and where they differ. This is a perfectly valid lens through which to view the work, but one should not... Read Article »

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Marguerite Yourcenar Memoirs Of Hadrian Historical Fiction History Literature Accuracy Interpretation Examining Historical Literature

Anton Chekhov and the Development of the Modern Character

November 27, 2009 - 1177 words | Literary Criticism » Anton Chekhov

Considered by some to be the father of the short story, Anton Chekhov created a paradigmatic form for writing Fiction. By mimicking reality he produced a representational art through his stories. The revelations in Chekhov’s Fictional characters transport the... Read Article »

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Chekhov Anton Anton Chekhov Checkov Chekov Development Of Character Short Story Fiction Sawyer Theriault Modern Character Chameleon

Viewing Four Vonnegut Novels Through the Lens of Literary Criticism

November 17, 2009 - 2599 words | Literary Criticism » Kurt Vonnegut

I like Kurt Vonnegut because he’s innovative and unique, his literary voice speaking out of a time period I love, when he “was actually helping to breathe life into a new genre—modern, pop Fiction,”[1] according to critic Tom Verde. Even though... Read Article »

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Vonnegut Literary Criticism Humanism Science Fiction Satire Ambiguity Religion Poverty Human Machines

Future Hell: Nuclear Fiction in Pursuit of History

November 11, 2009 - 17019 words | English » Fiction

What is a cyclical history? Why does humanity seem doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again? Are we doomed to this machine called fate? What is a soul, and how do I express it? Predicting what futures may lay ahead for humanity if we continue on some... Read Article »

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Future Hell Nuclear Fiction Pursuit Of History Science Fiction Cyclical History Walter MIller Jr Russell Hoban Canticle For Leibowitz Riddley Walker Hegel Dialect Dialectic Nuclear War Apocolypse Artificial Intelligence Wu Tang Clan