Literary vs. Commercial Fiction

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

2 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

09/28/2007

Category :

Arts & media

Sub category :

Journalism

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Summary :

The difference between literary fiction and commercial writing is an interesting contrast played out by many fiction writers
In contrast the story ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? written by Bob Dylan has a centrally man vs. man conflict.
When reading ?The Storm? moral values are characterized in several different ways
Contrasting ?The Storm?, is the dealing of morals in ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?.
One reading is all it takes to be satisfied and to have gathered and contained all the necessary information in ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?.
The differences between literary and commercial fiction, while wide, don't make one way of writing better then another.

Abstract

The difference between literary fiction and commercial writing is an interesting contrast played out by many fiction writers. literary fiction is known to be a more intelligent type of writing. The author usually includes in the story several underlying themes or subplots, trying to teach us something through the way they write. commercial fiction plays more to the storybook plot and ending. It almost always ends with the happy ending and there usually is only one overriding theme throughout the story. The theme almost always plays on a famous motif, such as "What goes around comes around". literary and commercial writing are two separate ways to write fiction and it's quite evident when reading the short stories "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" and the "Storm" that the differences between these forms of writing are more than what appears on the surface.