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"Fact and fiction are old acquaintances. They are both derivatives of Latin words. Fact comes from facere--to make or do. Fiction comes from fingere--to make or shape." --Elements of Fiction (1968) by Robert Scholes

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Elements of Fiction (1968) is a book edited by Robert Scholes .

Table of contents

  • Elements --
  • Fiction, fact, and truth --
  • Fiction: experience and analysis --
  • The spectrum of fiction --
  • Fictional modes and patterns --
  • Plot --
  • Character --
  • Meaning --
  • Point of view: perspective and language --
  • Design: juxtaposition and repetition in the structure of fiction --
  • Three stories and commentaries --
  • Moonlight / Guy de Maupassant --
  • Commentary --
  • Clay / James Joyce --
  • Commentary --
  • Theme of the traitor and the hero / J.L. Borges --
  • Commentary.




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