history: historical fiction can be very cool
knowledge: Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.
response: Yeah? I understand historical fiction takes place in the past.
history: historical fiction can be very cool
Yeah? I understand historical fiction takes place in the past.
Yes, what else do you know about the genre?
knowledge: An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period depicted.
response: Well, I know that they make use of the details of the historical period, like social conditions and manners and such.
history: historical fiction can be very cool
Yeah? I understand historical fiction takes place in the past.
Yes, what else do you know about the genre?
Well, I know that they make use of the details of the historical period, like social conditions and manners and such.
yea thats what makes it so cool all the details and interesting facts and changes
knowledge: Authors also frequently choose to explore notable historical figures in these settings, allowing readers to better understand how these individuals might have responded to their environments.
response: They're also frequently about historical people, and often try to get the reader to understand how such people would react to what was going on then.
history: historical fiction can be very cool
Yeah? I understand historical fiction takes place in the past.
Yes, what else do you know about the genre?
Well, I know that they make use of the details of the historical period, like social conditions and manners and such.
yea thats what makes it so cool all the details and interesting facts and changes
They're also frequently about historical people, and often try to get the reader to understand how such people would react to what was going on then.
yea it really is very interesting and fun to read
knowledge: Works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized for lack of authenticity because of readerly or genre expectations for accurate period details.
response: They sometimes are criticized, though, because they are expected to be accurate in their details of the historical period they are describing.
history: historical fiction can be very cool
Yeah? I understand historical fiction takes place in the past.
Yes, what else do you know about the genre?
Well, I know that they make use of the details of the historical period, like social conditions and manners and such.
yea thats what makes it so cool all the details and interesting facts and changes
They're also frequently about historical people, and often try to get the reader to understand how such people would react to what was going on then.
yea it really is very interesting and fun to read
They sometimes are criticized, though, because they are expected to be accurate in their details of the historical period they are describing.
yea i can understand if they arent very well thought out
knowledge: This tension between historical authenticity, or historicity, and fiction frequently becomes a point of comment for readers and popular critics, while scholarly criticism frequently goes beyond this commentary, investigating the genre for its other thematic and critical interests.
response: The tension between historicity and storytelling is a frequent source of comment for readers and for pop critics.