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Fiction

mainer

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8. Definition of "literary fiction" I once heard:

Reply to SheilaT (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 06:18 PM

Dec 2012

Popular fiction presents a problem and solves it. (eg., mystery -- the killer's caught. Romance -- the lovers unite.)

Literary fiction presents a problem and never gets around to solving it.

Maybe it's your choice of genre?

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A problem in a lot of modern fiction [View all] SheilaT Dec 2012 OP

This is one of the reasons that I read so many classics. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #1

Bubble gum for you in this thread... fadedrose Dec 2012 #3

There is always a time and place for bubble gum. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #4

Try the one I just posted in this week's list.. fadedrose Dec 2012 #2

I will have to check out the Doss books. SheilaT Dec 2012 #7

I'll have to try Bryson... fadedrose Dec 2012 #9

+1 on Bryson! getting old in mke Dec 2012 #12

I noticed that in a mystery I read recently. At the ending a lot of things didn't make sense. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #5

Joyce did that in "The Dubliners" Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #6

Definition of "literary fiction" I once heard: mainer Dec 2012 #8

I don't think I'm reading SheilaT Dec 2012 #11

mystery series always have to keep something held back mainer Dec 2012 #14

Yes. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #10

I have been reading a moderate amount of YA SheilaT Dec 2012 #13