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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:37:03 -0700 From: Diane Ferbrache <Diane.Ferbrache@RENTON.WEDNET.EDU> Subject: TARGET: literary device or genre? One of my teachers wants to know: =20 What do you call a literary device (or genre of fiction) where the author claims to be publishing from a found manuscript, but in reality is creating the story himself? Dear all, Preparing to shoot myself in my other foot - my guess is the correct term would be Historical Metafiction … metafiction being (literally) “fiction about fiction”, so if there’s a ‘found manuscript’ in the plot, then perhaps the Historical is an appropriate appellation? But this would depend if the author’s “claims to be publishing” were from within the context of the written work, or external to the work. In which case the correct term would be Fraud :-) Amanda Credaro Special Projects Officer Secondary Science and Mathematics Team, Learning Design and Resource Development Unit, Centre for Learning Innovation, Department of Education and Training 51 Wentworth Rd Strathfield NSW 2135 Phone 61 2 9715 8630 Facsimile 61 2 9715 8628 E-mail amanda.credaro@det.nsw.edu.au -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------