Fiction
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| + | '''Fiction''' (from the Latin ''fingere'', "to form, create") is [[storytelling]] of [[imagination|imagined]] events and stands in contrast to [[non-fiction]], which makes factual claims that can be substantiated with evidence. | ||
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| + | Fictional works – [[novel]]s, [[short story|short stories]], [[fables]], [[fairy tales]], [[fictional film|films]], [[comic book|comics]], [[interactive fiction]], [[Animated cartoon|animation]], [[video game]]s – may include or reference factual occurrences. The term is also often used synonymously with [[literature]] and more specifically fictional prose. In this sense, fiction refers only to novels or short stories and is often divided into two categories, [[popular fiction]] (e.g., [[science fiction]], [[mystery fiction]], or [[romance novels]]) and [[literary fiction]] (e.g., [[Marcel Proust]] or [[William Faulkner]]). | ||
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Fiction (from the Latin fingere, "to form, create") is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims that can be substantiated with evidence.
Fictional works – novels, short stories, fables, fairy tales, films, comics, interactive fiction, animation, video games – may include or reference factual occurrences. The term is also often used synonymously with literature and more specifically fictional prose. In this sense, fiction refers only to novels or short stories and is often divided into two categories, popular fiction (e.g., science fiction, mystery fiction, or romance novels) and literary fiction (e.g., Marcel Proust or William Faulkner).
