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Holds up a mirror to the human condition, popular fiction aims to entertain
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Literature Fiction

Holds up a mirror to the human condition, popular fiction aims to entertain

While literary fiction aims to hold up a mirror to the human condition, popular fiction aims to entertain, to thrill, to comfort. This difference manifests itself in various ways. Popular fiction books tend to be driven by plot. The plot is less important in literary novels; often, very little happens. While literary fiction aims to hold up a mirror to the human condition, popular fiction aims to entertain, to thrill, to comfort. This difference manifests itself in various ways. Popular fiction books tend to be driven by plot. Find all the books on literature and fiction on Shopbwana.

Literary fiction is a category of novels that emphasize style, character, and theme over plot. Lit fic is often defined in contrast to genre fiction and commercial fiction, which involve certain tropes and expectations for the storyline; literary fiction has no such plot-based hallmarks.

The difference between fiction and literary fiction is that literary fiction focuses upon style and depth, and is character driven, whereas genre fiction is plot driven, has a broader viewpoint, and focuses more upon imaginary details.

Fiction and Nonfiction Are Types of Literature. So a work of fiction is a work of literature, just as a work of nonfiction is a work of literature.

Literary Fiction Explores the Human Condition. While genre fiction (as a whole) seeks to distract the reader through light entertainment, literary fiction is much more introspective in its objective. Literary fiction as a whole wants to make sense of the world around us by exploring the human condition.

The term sneaks back into the past in a strangely anachronistic way, so that, for example, Jane Austen's works are described as literary fiction.

The primary genres in literature are poetry, drama/play, essay, short story, and novel. The term genre is used quite often to denote literary sub-classifications or specific types of literature such as comedy, tragedy, epic poetry, thriller, science fiction, romance, etc.

Fiction is defined as something that is not true. An example of fiction is a book that is not based on a true story. An example of fiction is a lie that you were told. An example of fiction is a false belief.

A literary novel can be between 40,000 and 120,000 words long. If you're a new writer, literary agents and editors will likely want to see a novel between 70,000 and 100,000 words.