Okay, so that's the definition I've heard before -- but it's not a definition. I still have no way of telling what's literary fiction, what's fiction, and what's science fiction.
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§ ita § - Feb 09, 2003 7:23:13 pm PST #3437 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hil R. - Feb 09, 2003 7:23:48 pm PST #3438 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm not sure I get the distinction between "literary fiction" and just plain "fiction." I've seen some bookstores that have a "literature" section and a "fiction" section, and the distinction seems to be that "literature" is stuff that's commonly assigned in high schools, but I don't really get how "literary fiction" is a genre, or how it's defined.
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§ ita § - Feb 09, 2003 7:25:15 pm PST #3439 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hil, you make me feel better. Because, really, my complete and utter lack of comprehension of these distinctions make me feel quite illiterate, but I know you're not. So I'm saved.
Steph L. - Feb 09, 2003 7:29:12 pm PST #3440 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Giles isn't sexy.
Do I have to say it again?
My favorite Lizard, CHAIRS find Giles sexy!
Rebecca Lizard - Feb 09, 2003 7:32:57 pm PST #3441 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I'M NOT A CHAIR!
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2003 7:33:58 pm PST #3442 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, no, because then you'd be able to see what's so terribly obvious.
Rebecca Lizard - Feb 09, 2003 7:34:37 pm PST #3443 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
cereal:
Really, I mean, it's circular. Is Octavia Bulter a literary-fiction writer? Is Alex Shakar?
Steph L. - Feb 09, 2003 7:34:41 pm PST #3444 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
No, you are a sneak who has a verrrrrry interesting interest on LJ...
And here I thought there was only one LJer who listed "teppy" as an interest...
Consuela - Feb 09, 2003 7:35:01 pm PST #3445 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
ita, you're not illiterate.
The definition of "literary fiction" is a complete construct, made up by the publishing industry. I can take any novel you point at as "literary fiction" and make an argument that it belongs in another genre, and vice versa. Just like the hard lines around the ghettoes of "romance", "mystery", and "science fiction/fantasy", the line around "literary fiction" is very very hazy.
Dunnett's stuff was once filed exclusively under Romance. Then Historical Fiction. Now it's Literature. WTF? Same books, different shelf.
How come Auel gets to be in literature but Neal Stephenson is science fiction? I'd say "Cryptonomicon" is closer to scientific plausibility than "The Clan of the Cave Bear". ::shrugs and wanders off to find a beer::
Sophia Brooks - Feb 09, 2003 7:37:33 pm PST #3446 of 10000
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Personally, I define "literary fiction" as books that come out in trade paperback with the very matter covers.
I think literary fiction is just what would be called a novel or general fiction..
Most store which divde between literature and fiction use age as a divide-- new stuff is fiction, old stuff is literature.