"In an inclusive [inCONclusive] sense, fiction is any literary narrative, whether in prose or verse, which is invented instead of being an account of events that in fact happened....Ah, TRUTH! Now this is a matter one can sink their teeth into, is it not?
Both philosophers and literary critics have concerned themselves with the logical analysis of the types of sentences that constitute a fictional text, and especially with the question of their truth ... that is, whether, or in just what way, they are subject to the criterion of truth or falsity."(94)
10/19/09
"Creative Non-Fiction" is a fraud!
This is an amusing term for which Abrams, at least in the seventh edition of his Glossary of Literary Terms, offers no precise definition. This comes as no surprise, for as far as I'm concerned, "creative non-fiction" and "fiction" are one and the same. Perhaps a look at what Abrams says of fiction will elucidate the matter?
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