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The Case of Literary Journalism : Rethinking Fictionality, Narrativity, and Imagination

Authors
  • Aare, Cecilia
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2023
Identifiers
DOI: 10.5325/style.57.4.0440
OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-52761
Source
DiVA - Academic Archive On-line
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Language
English
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Green
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Abstract

This article discusses the genre of literary journalism/reportage against a background of earlier assumptions on fictionality. At a local level in nonfiction, fic- tionality can be expressed through invented stories and scenarios that create a con- trast to the global, nonfictive context. However, fictionality can also be expressed through stylistic devices that traditionally have been associated with narrative fic- tion. A local contrast may appear, but only if the genre in itself is not narrative. If the focus is on the nonfictional and narrative genre of literary journalism/reportage, there will be no contrast. Here, the rhetoric will work just like in narrative fiction and should be considered to be part of the features of narrativity. Furthermore, the concept imagination should be perceived in close relation to Monika Fludernik’s understanding of narrative as experience. The conclusion is a call to partly rethink existing connections between fictionality, narrativity, and imagination in order to better understand the narrative nature of reportage. 

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