Style (fiction)
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- | | style="text-align: left;" | It would be hard to find any reputable [[literary critic]] today who would care to be caught defending ''as an idea'' the old [[antithesis]] of [[Style (fiction)|style]] versus [[Content (media)|content]]. On this issue a pious consensus prevails. Everyone is quick to avow that style and content are indissoluble, that the strongly individual style of each important writer is an [[organic]] aspect of his work and never something merely "[[decorative]]." --"[[On Style]] (1966) - Susan Sontag | + | |
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- | In [[fiction]], '''style''' is the manner in which the author tells the story. Along with [[Plot (narrative) | plot]], [[Character (arts) | character]], [[Theme (literature) |theme]], and [[Setting (literature)| setting]], style is considered one of the fundamental components of [[fiction]]. | + | |
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- | == See also == | + | |
- | * [[Stylistic_device]] | + | |
- | * [[Writing style]] | + | |
- | * [[Fiction]] | + | |
- | * [[Creative nonfiction]] | + | |
- | * [[Fiction-writing modes]] | + | |
- | * [[Show, don't tell]] | + | |
- | * [[Narrative]] | + | |
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