The Case for Fanfiction
Download or Read eBook The Case for Fanfiction PDF written by Ashley J. Barner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Ashley J. Barner |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2017-10-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781476668772 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1476668779 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Case for Fanfiction by : Ashley J. Barner
Book excerpt: Challenging readers to rethink what they read and why, the author questions the aesthetic assumptions that have led to the devaluing of fanfiction--a genre criticized as both tasteless and derivative--and other "guilty pleasure" reading (and writing), including romance and fantasy. The complicated relationship between "fanfic" and intellectual property rights is discussed in light of the millennia-old tradition of derivative literature, before modern copyright law established originality as the hallmark of great fiction. "Absorbed reading"--the practice of immersing oneself in the narrative versus critically "reading from a distance"--is a strong motive for the appropriation by fanfiction of canon characters and worlds.
