Critics of hypertext have long expressed skepticism about whether people could or indeed ever would sit down at a screen and read hypertexts. They may cite the more general problems of reading from the computer screen (see, for example, [25]) or they may place the blame partially at the feet of the authors (see, for example, Birkerts’ indictment of hypertext fiction [8][2]). Some have even put ...

This essay first briefly examines African American novelist Chester Himes’ genre-defying position as prison writer turned detective writer, whose influence is clear not only in the usual suspects such Walter Mosley but also Blaxploitation films of early 1970s, and urban fiction tradition from Donald Goines Iceberg Slim on down through today’s Triple Crown books others. I then look at how work h...

Fiksi penggemar merupakan bagian dari budaya populer. Dewasa ini, sangat mudah menemukan fiksi berbagai genre di dunia maya. Baik yang didasari oleh karya telah dipublikasikan sebelumnya, maupun orang nyata atau (Real Person Fiction) hal populer pada saat ini. dalam semua jenis dan beredar bebas maya sejak dulu. Namun kini, dapat ditemui juga dikomersilkan penciptanya. Melihat fenomena penulis ...

Abstract Following the foundation of NHS in 1948, a new sub-genre romantic fiction emerged: ‘Doctor–Nurse’ romances, usually involving romance between male doctor and female nurse, were set hospitals. Drawing on Mills & Boon archive novels themselves, this article explores representations health service notions gendered healthcare professionalism postwar Britain. I argue that rather than pr...

This article presents a study on the synchronic distributions of interpersonal metaphors modulation based British National Corpus (BNC). The research reveals that are mode-sensitive to written texts. Regarding genre distribution, metaphorical obligations driven by explicit orientation dominate fiction In contrast, objective drives be more prevalent in academic texts or technical genres. inclina...

human shape. But upon the middle of the body a fire of coals was smouldering; the flesh had been burnt through. The man was dead, but the smoke of his torment mounted still, a black vapour." In detective fiction, W H Auden said, the corpse must shock "not only because it is a corpse, but also because, even for a corpse, it is shockingly out of place, as when a dog makes a mess on a drawing-room...

This article analyses the representation of climate crisis and urban imaginaries in post-2011 Arabic science fiction (SF), arguing that SF, its cross-genre critical dystopian fiction, intersects with global (cli-fi), while maintaining a horizon for hope. It compares two graphic novels written by authors Egyptian origins, Aḥmad Nājī's Istikhdām al-Ḥayāt (2014; Using Life, 2017) Ganzeer's English...

The purpose of the article — to determine reserves for improving quality library stock and effectiveness reading promotion based on analysis results sociological research subscription department Ivan Franko Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Universal Scientific Library.
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