Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781474411059 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 224 str.

Bernice Murphy;Stephen Matterson

Opis

Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction represents an invaluable starting point for students wishing to familiarise themselves with this exciting and rapidly evolving area of literary studies. It provides an accessible, concise and reliable overview of core critical terminology, key theoretical approaches, and the major genres and sub-genres within popular fiction. Because popular fiction is significantly shaped by commercial forces, the book also provides critical and historical contexts for terminology related to e-books, e-publishing, and self-publishing platforms. By using focusing in particular on post-2000 trends in popular fiction, the book provides a truly up-to-date snapshot of the subject area and its critical contexts.

Spis treści

Foreword; A-Z of Key Concepts and Terms; Key Critical and Theoretical Approaches to Popular Fiction; Six Major Popular Genres (and one Popular Mode); 15 Key Works of Contemporary Popular Fiction; Chronology of Selected Key Dates in Popular Fiction; Bibliography for A-Z Section.