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• Fiction theory — is a discipline that applies possible world theory to literature. Fiction theory scholars and critics have articulated various theses rooted in Saul Kripke’s application of modal logic to semantics. Drawing on concepts found in possible world… …   Wikipedia

• Fiction (disambiguation) — Fiction may refer to:In literature* Fiction, the genre of imaginative prose literature, including novels and short stories * Fiction Magazine an American literary magazineIn music* Fiction (album) , the 2003 album by Yuki Kajiura * Fiction (Dark… …   Wikipedia

• Literature — is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means acquaintance with letters (from Latin littera letter). In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non fiction.DefinitionsThe word literature has… …   Wikipedia

• Fiction — is the telling of stories which are not real. More specifically, fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum , to form,… …   Wikipedia

• LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Fiction Collective Two — is an author run, not for profit publisher of avant garde, experimental fiction (often postmodern in nature) supported in part by Florida State University, the Florida Arts Council, Illinois State University, the Illinois Arts Council, the… …   Wikipedia

• Literature in Thailand — was traditionally heavily influenced by Indian culture. Thailand s national epic is a version of the Ramayana called the Ramakien. A number of versions of the epic were lost in the destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767. Three versions currently exist …   Wikipedia

• Literature of Taiwan — is different from Chinese literature, but many books popular in China are also popular in Taiwan.PoliticsIn fact, with the establishment of the Communist regime in China in 1949, books from China were not often published in Taiwan and books from… …   Wikipedia

• Fiction — Fic tion, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is feigned,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fiction — late 14c., something invented, from O.Fr. ficcion (13c.) dissimulation, ruse; invention, and directly from L. fictionem (nom. fictio) a fashioning or feigning, noun of action from pp. stem of fingere to shape, form, devise, feign, originally to… …   Etymology dictionary

• fiction — ► NOUN 1) prose literature, especially novels, describing imaginary events and people. 2) invention as opposed to fact. 3) a false belief or statement, accepted as true for the sake of convenience. DERIVATIVES fictional adjective fictionality… …   English terms dictionary