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The book focuses on popular genres of romance, fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, thriller, and What-if historical fiction in popular books, in artistic literature and on the borderline between the two. The author analyses the work of writers such as Jennifer Greene, Barbara Delinsky, and Lilian Darcy, Jennifer Lee Carrel, Michael Crichton, Ursula Le Guin, C. S. Lewis, Michel Faber and William Golding. She applies an analytical approach based on semiotics, structuralism and narratology and discusses genre mixture, adaptation and intertextuality, as well as world modelling.



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Romance – Fantasy – Science fiction – Dystopia – Thriller – What-if historical fiction – Genre mixture – Adaptation – Intertextuality – World models – Formula – Barbara Delinsky – Lilian Darcy – Jennifer Greene – Michel Faber – J.　L. Carrel – Michael Crichton – Ursula Le Guin – C.　S. Lewis – William Golding

Popular Genres and Their Uses in Fiction

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    A Hardback by Marek Wilczynski, Jadwiga Węgrodzka

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 12/06/2018
      ISBN13: 9783631677117, 978-3631677117
      ISBN10: 3631677111

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The book focuses on popular genres of romance, fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, thriller, and What-if historical fiction in popular books, in artistic literature and on the borderline between the two. The author analyses the work of writers such as Jennifer Greene, Barbara Delinsky, and Lilian Darcy, Jennifer Lee Carrel, Michael Crichton, Ursula Le Guin, C. S. Lewis, Michel Faber and William Golding. She applies an analytical approach based on semiotics, structuralism and narratology and discusses genre mixture, adaptation and intertextuality, as well as world modelling.



      Table of Contents

      Romance – Fantasy – Science fiction – Dystopia – Thriller – What-if historical fiction – Genre mixture – Adaptation – Intertextuality – World models – Formula – Barbara Delinsky – Lilian Darcy – Jennifer Greene – Michel Faber – J.　L. Carrel – Michael Crichton – Ursula Le Guin – C.　S. Lewis – William Golding

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