The Formulas of Popular Fiction
Elements of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Religious and Mystery Novels
Creates a taxonomy for the major currently popular and bestselling fictional genres: romance, religious and inspirational, mystery and detective, and science fiction, horror and fantasy. Each of the chapters looks at the history of a generic form from its earliest roots to its most recent works. The structural patterns in the plot, characters and setting of these genres are then explained. The book also contains a critique of currently popular hyper-formulaic, hack, unliterary writings that have multiplied in recent decades.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7864-7413-4
- EAN: 9780786474134
- Produktnummer: 15797953
- Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H25.6 cm x B17.9 cm x D1.4 cm 408 g
- Abbildungen: 5 photographs, tables, charts
- Gewicht: 408
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Anna Faktorovich is the founder and director of the Anaphora Literary Press and the editor-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal. She has been a professor of English for the Middle Georgia College and for the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
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