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Does anyone know the name of the literary term for treating a novel like it is truth? Dracula is an example since Bram Stoker pretends that he just found the diaries and newspaper clippings and is just presenting them to the reader. Princess of Mars and The Spy Who Love Me are also written this way. Surely there is a term for this.
Jenna On 11/08/11, Mark wrote: > Does anyone know the name of the literary term for treating > a novel like it is truth? Dracula is an example since Bram > Stoker pretends that he just found the diaries and > newspaper clippings and is just presenting them to the > reader. Princess of Mars and The Spy Who Love Me are also > written this...See More
Nov 8, 2011
Mark I don't think this is exactly what you mean, but Dracula is an > epistolary novel, which is a novel made up of a collection of > documents (diary entries, newspaper articles, and telegrams in > Dracula's case).

I'm thinking there might be another term for this idea of trying to act as if the story is a true story and the author is...See More
Nov 9, 2011


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