Satirical news shows constitute an innovative hybrid genre that mixes regular and fiction. The discursive integration hypothesis posits the defining characteristic of satirical is fiction elements are integrated such boundaries between preexisting genres have blurred. current study quantitatively tests this on both long-running American as Daily Show more recent Last Week Tonight. We collected ...

This is an introduction to definitions of crime fiction, its sub-genres, key features and how these impact on and shape translation strategies. It considers the status quo of research into the field and suggests areas for future work. As an example of genre-specific translation challenges, a more detailed discussion of Inge Löhnig’s novel So unselig schön (2011) considers how lexical cohesion a...

Most definitions of literature have been criterial definitions, definitions based on a list of criteria which all literary works must meet. However, more current theories of meaning take the view that definitions are based on prototypes: there is broad agreement about good examples that meet all of the prototypical characteristics, and other examples are related to the prototypes by family rese...

Cet article porte sur le personnage nourri par la fiction posthumaniste, c’est-à-dire un nouveau sous-genre littéraire, apparu entre fin du XXe siècle et début XXIe siècle. La qui s’inscrit dans littérature contemporaine, sur-fictionnalise des données actuelles véhiculées transhumanisme. Elle ne relève ainsi ni de dystopie, science-fiction. Nous proposons cette contribution visiter galerie pers...

Although we cannot be certain that science fiction directly influenced the course that computing technology has taken over the past 50 years, the genre has-at the very least-anticipated the technologies we're using and developing. peculation ahout our future relationship to computers-and to technolngy in general-has limn the province of science fiction for at least a hundred years. But riot all...

Cruickshank and Collins [2] ‘Advancing Leadership in Sport: Time to Take Off the Blinkers?’ has created something of a furore around the effectiveness and suitability of dark leadership traits and behaviours. This paper attempts to clarify some of the conceptual issues discussed within their paper, while also redressing a number of literary misrepresentations. Finally, the potential limitations...

This paper attempts a partial, critical look at the construction and use of case studies in ethics education. It argues that the authors and users of case studies are often insufficiently aware of the literary nature of these artefacts: this may lead to some confusion between fiction and reality. Issues of the nature of the genre, the fictional, story-constructing aspect of case studies, the na...

Margaret Atwood and Jeanette Winterson are two canonical writers participating in a ‘literary slipstream’ through their ventures into science fiction, creating crossover texts that confuse the boundaries between literary popular. This interface is exemplified awards received by these writers, which help to bring credibility integrity genre. Atwood’s first speculative novel, The Handmaid’s Tale ...

To cite: Iqbal K. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2014;40:300–302. INTRODUCTION Romance novels are defined broadly as fiction focused on a central love story, which is concluded in an emotionally satisfying and optimistic manner. Romance is one of the most popular genres, accounting for the largest market share in fiction. In 2009, romantic fiction generated approximately $1.4 billion in the USA...

oung adult literature is not yet fifty-years old, and already, it has led to many different permutations and variations in the presentation of reading experiences for young people. From contemporary realistic novels to pure flights of fantasy, young adult fiction has transformed the landscape of what it means to be a teenager, and more importantly, how teenagers are perceived by themselves and ...