Literary Fiction vs. Commercial Fiction There are two types of literature: literary fiction and commercial fiction. Literary fiction is written to inform or help people understand some aspect of life. Commercial fiction is written mainly for the purposes of entertainment. We have read the short stories The Most Dangerous Game and The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. This essay will compare and contrast both of these types of literature.
Read an extract of Candide, or the Optimist by Voltaire – Chapter 30 – Conclusions. Candide, or the optimist by Voltaire is a narrative satire, which encapsulates the ideas Voltaire had about society, optimism and the bad nature of all human beings. Another narrative technique used is travel writing or adventurous writing, where the novel involves the characters into many situations around various destinations. The narrator in this passage is anonymous and omniscient, using irony to explain events and situations around the main characters. Through the passage not only the narrator but also the characters, mainly Candide, give a clear notion of how will they end their lives.
‘Comedy involves men of middling estate; its perils are small scale, its outcomes peaceful’. To what extent do you agree with this definition of comedy in relation to Much Ado about Nothing*? Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing is one of the most popular comedies in history, selling out Shakespearean theatres until their closure in 1642. The comedy is thought to be written in 1598 and is often described as a ‘problem play’ meaning it shares tendencies with that of a tragedy. Of course MAAN follows Shakespeare’s traditional comedy structure but modern critics have their own agenda that a comedy, being such a complex genre, should conform to.
TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE? “The most interesting aspects of texts written in different times is seeing the difference in what people value.” Possibly one of the best known piece of American prose fiction of its time, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, develops an ironic but ultimately pessimistic point of view on the materialistic and superficial society presented in the 1920s which prevented the ideas of pure love. The form of a prose fiction does not have a structure which makes the novel unique. Sonnets from the Portuguese, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, presents a more idealistic and optimistic view about love and hope. She portrays her personal voice through the use of sonnets, specifically Petrarchan.
And at times, I found the other characters to be fairly flat. The writing didn't help the book, it was a flaw for me, it wasn't terrible, and the author is able to tell a story but I just found there wasn't enough of a hook to keep me engaged in the book. The story moved along well, but I found my interest slipped at
The stories utilize verbal irony to convey the sense of something more than the statement at face value, dramatic irony to feel the true ignorant and untrusting natures of the characters, and lastly situational irony as a medium for the former to glide through and provide the kick to the plot of the story. Sarcasm and other verbal elements would be used in “The Lottery” and many more within the brilliant writing of The Crucible. It can be seen more commonly with the interactions between John Proctor and his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, where it is noted earlier in the book that he has cheated on her with Abigail Williams and now they face an uneasy relationship because of it. The book portrays an excellent scene of irony when John must recite his commandments: Proctor: “... Thou shalt not bear false witness. [He is stuck.
In order to create a sense of authenticity, Nam Le abides by verisimilitude in his short stories “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” and “Tehran Calling” in his collection The Boat. His short story narratives utilise compression, poetics and sentence structure which are artifices to create mood and meaning. In this sense this type of fiction is realistic, but untrue. Readers are aware of this from the outset of the novel with Le’s first short story, which overtly illustrates that the stories in the collection are works of fiction. The autobiographical nature of the first passage in “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” introduces the reader to the apparent truth and reality of the story, signalling also what is to be expected in the rest of the collection.
Cultivate Our Gardens Voltaire’s Candide is a Juvenalian satire first published in 1759. Candide is about a young, naive man, Candide, who journeys with his mentor Pangloss overcoming various obstacles. Voltaire uses this satiric novel to criticize the philosophical mindset of his time. Voltaire depicts the worst of this cruel and selfish world, and his hero’s desperate effort to fit it into an optimistic outlook. Questions about life and its purpose are brought out in this book.
This thought before he died provides some insight on what type of character Andres is. There is a use of different types of character in this story but they are all flat some are dynamic and some are static. Even though it speaks a lot about Andres in the first half of the story he is still a flat character. The author dose not give the reader enough
I have limited writing experience; my career paths have not required me to utilize my writing skills (or lack of). I may be out of practice and the skills I did have may have deteriorated a little, but