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plot are perceived entirely as historically or factually real, while a work is regarded as fiction if it deviates from reality in any of those areas. The distinction is further obscured by a philosophical understanding, on the one hand, that the truth can be presented through imaginary channels and constructions, while, on the other hand, works of the imagination can just as well bring about significant new perspectives on, or conclusions about, truth and reality.
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continuation of such positions determined not by book sales but by critical acclaim by other established literary authors and critics. On the other hand, he suggests, genre fiction writers tend to support themselves by book sales. However, in an interview,
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2680:. Oxford Learner's Dictionaries.
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2322:Journal of Cognition and Culture
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1799:when writing fictional stories.
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2089:. Bloomsbury Publishing.
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2968:Encyclopædia Britannica
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2390:Whitmarsh, Tim (2013).
2263:Friend, Stacie (2017).
1859:dramatic representation
1689:The Things They Carried
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3848:Denouement/Catastrophe
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2062:on 27 August 2022
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4270:First-person
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2843:Saricks 2009
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2784:. Retrieved
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137:radio dramas
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4441:Narratology
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4105:Pop culture
3986:Short story
3964:Epic poetry
3685:Time travel
3498:Red herring
3483:Plot device
3454:Frame story
3407:Cliffhanger
3350:Tritagonist
3325:Protagonist
2786:12 November
2737:12 November
2711:(1): 21–23.
2305:24 November
1882:Nazi German
1852:Oscar Wilde
1698:Vietnam War
1684:Tim O'Brien
1656:Buzz Aldrin
1642:Jules Verne
1560:John Updike
1469:fan fiction
1418:video games
1396:, and many
1394:comic books
1376:(including
1362:fairy tales
1282:agnosticism
1269:Don Quixote
1170:objectively
1094:autofiction
1081:non-fiction
933:Composition
810:Tragicomedy
649:Verse novel
537:Non-fiction
441:Speculative
380:Short story
250:spoken word
240:Performance
213:heroic epic
149:video games
81:individuals
59:fantastical
51:protagonist
4500:Categories
4366:Continuity
4235:Nonfiction
4199:Underwater
4095:Picaresque
4070:Historical
4055:Epistolary
3927:Fairy tale
3838:Peripeteia
3820:Exposition
3576:Dreamworld
3518:Stereotype
3488:Plot twist
3236:Antagonist
3062:References
2688:21 October
2662:6 December
2107:30 January
1762:(1886) or
1696:about the
1628:archetypes
1536:literature
1384:, dramas,
1278:empiricism
1220:New Comedy
1106:docudramas
1052:James Wood
1020:literature
1008:characters
848:Postmodern
783:historical
722:Villanelle
603:Travelogue
598:Persuasive
578:Journalism
556:philosophy
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