PPT-Historical Fiction

What is Historical Fiction Historical fiction is fiction set in the past It contains a rich mixture of fact and fiction What is Historical Fiction Through novels and short stories an author may combine factual information about time place events and real people of the period with fictional characters dialogue and details. Landscape & people: an intro. Recent South African Fiction: Cape Town . City Center. Table Mountain. False Bay. Cape Point. Nature Reserve. Table Bay & Harbor. Devil’s Peak. Camps Bay. Sea Point. Week of September 17, 2012. What’s the difference?. Science Fiction. Planets. Alien. Flying, talking animals in space. Light sabers. Space ships coming out of the . TV. robots. Realistic Fiction. Might really happen. The Elements of Fiction. S. etting: the time, place, and general environment in which a piece of fiction occurs.. Characterization: the method an author uses to help the reader understand the characters.. Genre & Gothic Romance. All works of literature can be classified into genres.. Genre - It . designates the literary form or type into which works are classified according to what they have in common, either in their formal structures or in their treatment of subject matter, or . A . contribution. to . futures. . studies. and . foresight. . practices. ROBERTO PAURA. 1st International Conference on . Anticipation. – . University. of Trento, 7 . November. 2015. Science Fiction . Poetry. Drama. Genres of . Imaginative Literature. Genre . means class or type.. If you've ever studied science, you know another word for classifications, . genus. , from the same Latin root. . In the arts, genre classifications are usually related to characteristics of style, form, and presentation. For example, fiction typically is read silently, poetry read aloud, and drama performed on stage. What is Historical Fiction?. Historical fiction is fiction set in the past. It contains a rich mixture of fact and fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may combine factual information about time, place, events, and real people of the period with fictional characters, dialogue, and details.. Everything you read is either fiction or nonfiction.. How can you tell the difference? . Fiction is . FAKE. !. Fiction is make-believe.. Authors use their imaginations to write fiction stories.. In fiction books the pictures are not realistic.. Lesson 3. What genre is this? Does . Fahrenheit 451. belong to this genre? What other books have you read in this genre?. Science fiction . is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginative content such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. . Historical fiction is . fiction. set in . the past. . It contains a rich. . mixture. of . fact. and . fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may . combine. History. : Politics, Dates, . Individuals. Culture: Social Customs and traditions. Geography: Topography, weather, flora, fauna.. This would include: Dress, food, homes, weddings, funerals, dance, mourning, tools, literature, war, etiquette, agriculture, employment, taxation, religion, holidays, economics, etc.. **FICTION:. Point . of View-. the perspective or vantage point from which the story is told. . 3 main kinds . of POV:. *. First Person: . the narrator is a character in the story. We see the story through his/her eyes. . Historical Fiction Alexa, Jenni, Katie Historical Fiction Characteristics: · There is a mixture of real and fictional events · Characters are involved in a conflict or problem that is real for that time period th . Grade. George Washington, Spymaster . (Allen) – Biography. Seer of Shadows . (. Avi. ) – Ghosts/fiction/NYC/Swindlers. Chasing . Vermeer . (. Balliett. ) – . Mystery/Fiction. The . Penderwicks.