This essay discusses Bully (Canis Canem Edit), considering the game's antecedents (narratives involving young people in school settings) and the features which set it apart from other teen texts. It discusses the controversy surrounding the game and comes to the conclusion that the principal reason for unease on the part of parents and educational authorities is that Bully's postmodernist ethic...

Popular American Film, which reached its peak in the 1980s, declined terms of quality following years. In 1990s, Film Industry has managed to survive thanks blockbusters such as “Terminator II”, “Titanic” (D: James Cameron) and works extraordinary directors David Fincher, Lynch, Spike Lee Quentin Tarantino. The these artists, who created a different understanding Cinema were also part Art Films...

Structured Abstract Purpose – The repertory grid technique was adapted to investigate fiction readers' attitudes and beliefs, with a specific focus on minority ethnic fiction. Design/methodology/approach – The study required participants (n=36) to rate on a 7-point Likert scale a series of 16 provided constructs, using 10 main elements, namely the reader of ten fiction genres. Statistical tests...

This article attempts to construct Woolf’s concept of “modern fiction” in modern context within the two dimensions: fiction’s category and historicity. Firstly, based on the essay “Modern Fiction”, the article aims to construct the connotation of “modern fiction”, which takes “historical consciousness”, “the duration of life”, “man’s subjectivity”, “the complexity of psychological structures” a...

Previous studies have found a positive relationship between exposure to fiction and interpersonal sensitivity. However, it is unclear whether exposure to different genres of fiction may be differentially related to these outcomes for readers. The current study investigated the role of four fiction genres (i.e., Domestic Fiction, Romance, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, and Suspense/Thriller) in the re...

This paper examines the international nature of science fiction. The focus of this research is to determine whether science fiction is primarily English speaking and Western or global; being created and consumed by people in non-Western, non-English speaking countries? Science fiction's international presence was found in three ways, by network analysis, by examining a online retailer and with ...

Trend of Pakistani English Fiction Since Partition to 1970; is a multidimensional effort to not only to highlight the prevalent themes and trends of the fiction , but also to bring into limelight those legends of Pakistani English Fiction, who can be considered the founders of English fiction in Pakistan. The phenomenon includes a lot of names, which are now completely forgotten or are taken fo...