Popular genres and their uses in fiction
Auteur :
Węgrodzka, Jadwiga
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631677117
Date de publication :
12 juin 2018
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
335 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
The book focuses on popular genres of romance, fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, thriller, and What-if historical fiction. It uses semiotics, structuralism and narratology to consider genre mixture, intertextuality, and world models. The author analyses among others the work of William Golding, Michel Faber, C.　S. Lewis, and Michael Crichton.