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 (e.g.: biographies, histories). Semi-fiction is fiction implementing a great deal of non-fiction,[1] e.g. a fictional description based on a true story.

What type of thing is fiction?

Elements of fiction

Character

Plot

Setting

Theme

Style

Types of fiction: genres

Genres based on age of reader

Genres based on subject matter

Main article: Genre fiction

Genres based on form

Genres based on the length of the work

Fictional elements

History of fiction

By content

By form

By length

Uses of fiction

Narrative technique

Narrative technique any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses to convey what they want — in other words, a strategy used in the making of a narrative to relay information to the audience and, particularly, to "develop" the narrative, usually in order to make it more complete, complicated, or interesting. See List of narrative techniques.

Authors of fiction

Fantasy fiction authors

Horror fiction authors

Science fiction authors

Comic authors

See also

Footnotes

  1. Whiteman, G.; Phillips, N. (13 December 2006). "The Role of Narrative Fiction and Semi-Fiction in Organizational Studies". ERIM Report Series Research in Management. ISSN 1566-5283. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. "Science fiction - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  3. "Definition of science fiction noun from Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus". dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  4. "science fiction definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta". encarta.msn.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  5. Marg Gilks, Paula Fleming, and Moira Allen (2003). "Science Fiction: The Literature of Ideas". WritingWorld.com.
  6. Milhorn, H. Thomas. (2006). Writing Genre Fiction: A Guide to the Craft. Universal Publishers: Boca Ratan. p. 3-4.
  7. J. A. Cuddon, The Penguin Dictionaty of Literary Terms (1992). London:Penguin Books, 1999, p.600.

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