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It is , of course , possible for the reality of a fictional world to approximate to that of real life , to create an illusion of everyday reality , but it is also possible for a writer to express an idea , an ideal or a state of being ...
It is , of course , possible for the reality of a fictional world to approximate to that of real life , to create an illusion of everyday reality , but it is also possible for a writer to express an idea , an ideal or a state of being ...
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They may contain no recognisable thing at all because the shapes that are used are abstracted and reduced to the simplest possible pattern . In the first of these instances an idea about life or an ideal is being expressed .
They may contain no recognisable thing at all because the shapes that are used are abstracted and reduced to the simplest possible pattern . In the first of these instances an idea about life or an ideal is being expressed .
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Of course , the well - made plot is only possible when dealing with a subject matter and theme which can be expressed by a linear or straightforward development of events : because A happened , B followed , and because B happened ...
Of course , the well - made plot is only possible when dealing with a subject matter and theme which can be expressed by a linear or straightforward development of events : because A happened , B followed , and because B happened ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
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