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Diary Fiction
Author(s) -
Abbott H. Porter
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
orbis litterarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1600-0730
pISSN - 0105-7510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0730.1982.tb00787.x
Subject(s) - narrative , framing (construction) , flexibility (engineering) , argument (complex analysis) , fiction theory , literature , diversity (politics) , history , literary fiction , aesthetics , computer science , art , sociology , literary criticism , anthropology , biochemistry , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , archaeology
Given the recent and increasing attention which has been accorded the use of the diary in narrative, I have undertaken a survey of diary fiction, organized by the three principle areas ‐ mimetic, thematic, and temporal ‐ in which the diary strategy can create a distinct functional advantage. My framing argument is that diary fiction is best conceived not as genre but as fiction employing a particular narrative device. This allows us to demonstrate the flexibility of the device and the rich diversity of ends it has been made to serve.