Popular Genres and Their Uses in Fiction |
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| Series edited by:
| Wilczynski, Marek |
| Author:
| Węgrodzka, Jadwiga |
| Series title: | Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-67711-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $86.30 |
Book Description:
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The book focuses on popular genres of romance, fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, thriller, and What-if historical fiction. It uses semiotics, structuralism and narratology to consider genre mixture, intertextuality, and world models. The author analyses among others the work of William Golding, Michel Faber, C. S. Lewis, and Michael Crichton.
The book focuses on popular genres of romance, fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, thriller, and What-if historical fiction. It uses semiotics, structuralism and narratology to consider genre mixture, intertextuality, and world models. The author analyses among others the work of William Golding, Michel Faber, C. S. Lewis, and Michael Crichton.