Essays about: "Historical fiction"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 49 essays containing the words Historical fiction.

  1. 21. An Imperfect World, Imperfectly Retold : Mimetic Uncertainty in Early, Late, and Meta-Modern Fiction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Brott; [2020]
    Keywords : Mimetic Uncertainty; Uncertain Narration; Unreliable Narration; Realism; Modernism; Metamodernism; Reflexivity; Virginia Woolf; Tao Lin; Daniel Defoe.;

    Abstract : Proposing the concept of mimetic uncertainty, this project aims to provide a critical inquiry into the correspondence of unreliable narration and realism. Building on Springett (2013) and Olsen (2003), a distinction between narratorial unreliability and uncertainty is proposed to denote whether a narrator explicitly signals an awareness of their fallible narration. READ MORE

  3. 22. Making Myth: Narrative Discourse in The Shadow of the Torturer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Charles Simmons; [2019]
    Keywords : Narratology Myth Science Fiction Fantasy Science Gene Wolfe Genette; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This dissertation argues that the incongruity between the narrating I and the narrated I in The Shadow of the Torturer produces a site where myth is made. The novel differs from other works in the canon of science fantasy because its science and fantasy are rarely, if ever, juxtaposed. READ MORE

  4. 23. Representing Truth Through Narrative : The Use of Historiographical Techniques in Creative Non-Fiction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : André Kavalieris Galvão; [2019]
    Keywords : Historiography; Narrative; Representation; Five C’s; Canning and Postlewait; White; Andrews and Burke.;

    Abstract : This essay is an attempt to show how certain elements, or techniques of history writing, can be used in creative non-fiction. It uses three major sources of theory. READ MORE

  5. 24. Automated fiction classification : an explorative study offiction classification using machine-learning techniques

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Olof Falk; [2019]
    Keywords : skönlitteratur; klassifikation; genrer; särdrag; ämne; stil; maskininlärning;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the possibilities and components of employing automated text classification techniques to classify collections of narrative fiction by genre, and also, what linguistic features are prominent in distinguishing genres of fiction. The historical traditions and current practices and theories in the field of fiction classification are outlined, along with central concepts of classification and genre theory. READ MORE

  6. 25. Representing Truth Through Narrative : The Use of Historiographical Techniques in Creative Non-Fiction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : André Kavalieris Galvão; [2019]
    Keywords : Historiography; Narrative; Representation; Five C’s; Canning and Postlewait; White; Andrews and Burke.;

    Abstract : This essay is an attempt to show how certain elements, or techniques of history writing, can be used in creative non-fiction. It uses three major sources of theory. READ MORE