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[2]: 532, 535, 537 A long running series that was set in times contemporary to the readers can be seen as historical if the time in the series progresses very slowly, and it becomes long-running (ex. Alison Uttley’s Little Grey Rabbit series begun in the 1920s and continued into the 1970s, with later books receiving explanatory notes about ...
A heptalogy (/ h ɛ p ˈ t æ l ə dʒ i /; from Greek ἑπτα-hepta-, "seven" and -λογία-logia, "discourse") is a compound literary or narrative work that is made up of seven distinct works. [1] While not in wide usage, it has been used to describe such examples as the Harry Potter series of books, [2] and The Chronicles of Narnia. [3]
For example, novelist and literary critic Adam Mars-Jones wrote, "[Booker] sets up criteria for art, and ends up condemning Rigoletto, The Cherry Orchard, Wagner, Proust, Joyce, Kafka and Lawrence—the list goes on—while praising Crocodile Dundee, E.T. and Terminator 2". [7]
Some works in a series can stand alone—they can be read in any order, as each book makes few, if any, reference to past events, and the characters seldom, if ever, change. Many of these series books may be published in a numbered series. Examples of such series are works like The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Nick Carter.
Film retrospectives are usually screenings of films grouped around a theme or a particular director. They are mounted as part of many film festivals, including the Retrospective section in the Berlin International Film Festival, [1] Sundance, [2] Locarno Film Festival, [3] Byron Bay Film Festival [4] They are also held by cinemas [5] [6] or various types of organisations.
Note: This is for articles on novel series—which are a set or series of novels or books that should be read in order as is often the case in speculative fiction and all its subgenres. Can be thought of as one over-riding storyline, and is often without plot re-introduction, reiteration or reminder, save for cursory mention of past events.
Serialisation was so standard in American literature that authors from that era often built instalment structure into their creative process. James, for example, often had his works divided into multi-part segments of similar length. [4]: 30 The consumption of fiction during that time was different than in the 20th century. Instead of being ...
Literary fiction is a term that distinguishes certain fictional works that possess commonly held qualities to readers outside genre fiction. [citation needed] Literary fiction is any fiction that attempts to engage with one or more truths or questions, hence relevant to a broad scope of humanity as a form of expression.