Sentences with phrase «novel as a genre»

Death of an Expert Witness (1977) is the most complex work to that point and marks James's mastery of the crime novel as a genre.

In addition to my degree studies, I began looking seriously at film and studying the graphic novel as a genre during this time.

Not exact matches

Prominent Christian publishers such as Thomas Nelson and Zondervan offer extensive lines of novels in the «Amish romance» genre but little in terms of Christian classics and no poetry in a contemporary vein.

This is a task not for theory but for genres such as ethnography, the journalist's report, the comic book, the docudrama, and, especially, the novel» (CIS xvi).

In the essays that make up Love» s Knowledge, she focuses on the novel as the literary genre most useful in tracing the lineaments of our moral lives.

For although Austen can be legitimately claimed as the formal forerunner of the vulgar romance fiction now clogging whole sections of the world's bookstores, her own novels far transcend the very genre she is supposed to have inaugurated ¯ and precisely because of the moral vision that came from her upbringing and which has now, it would seem, all but disappeared in the wake of Sitcom World.

As for the «novel» - like reading of scripture, I'd add that the issue of genre is important.

As Thomas Woodman points out: «In recent years the rise of postmodernist fiction and of such modes as «magic realism» [as exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquAs Thomas Woodman points out: «In recent years the rise of postmodernist fiction and of such modes as «magic realism» [as exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquas «magic realism» [as exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquas exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquas Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.»

The most common mistake the computer made was misclassifying horror novels as either science fiction or fantasy — perhaps not so surprising given the ambiguity between those genres.

Instead they prefer men of mystery, with 19 % picking thrillers as the sexiest genre a man can read, so any men palming through one of Benjamin Black's crime fiction novels (real name John Banville, he uses Black as a pseudonym - it just adds to his mystery!)

The game is based on the novel of the same name by award - winning author, Christopher Brookmyre, and sees the player take on the role of protagonist Heather Quinn as she negotiates a variety of levels, all of which reference classic games and genres of years gone by.

As a moody and essentially faithful adaptation of Carr's novel, the series gets off to a chilly yet satisfying start, an adequate entry to a particular genre that features dim lighting, resourceful urchins, a class - conscious tone and the sort of arftul staging of corpses that signifies brilliant derangement on the part of the killer.

As Danny Boyle's go - to screenwriter after they brought his first novel, The Beach to the big screen, they injected a shot of adrenaline to the shambling zombie genre in 2000s with 28 Days Later, and turned in a brilliantly sly theological inquiry in the form of a space adventure Sunshine.

Films detailing «lost weekends» spent in Sin City are becoming a genre unto themselves, as the town is noted for a touch of Bacchanalian excess, with tradition extending before Hunter Thompsons» landmark novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Last year, the actor played supporting Vampire hunter Henry Sturges in the genre - bending novel adaptation Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - one of the bright spots in a film that fell short of finding the same success as its source material.

The YA novel explosion over the past few years has seen the genre blow up at the box office, with sci - fi action dramas such as Twilight, The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner pulling in big business.

Uncovering new elements or solving puzzles by «Paperising» the world to place certain sticker types onto the scenery is novel at first, but the gimmick also wears thin as Sticker Star continues to somehow lose its way on a regular basis, not knowing quite what genre it wants to fall into.

Ten years later, working from an adaptation of the caper novel by W.R. Burnett scripted in collaboration with the author, he essentially launched the heist film as a genre of its own and set the blueprint that all subsequent heist dramas built upon.

Featuring the best work from Carrey and McGregor in years (and a reminder of Carrey's phenomenal and chameleonic talents when given the right material), a smart and witty script adapted by the directors from McVicker's novel, and a cracking pace that neither hurries nor languishes, it combines the highlights of the heist and escape genres with dashes of dark humour and irreverence to create a film best described as a wicked delight.

Wolfen (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- The werewolf movie was revived and reworked with a vengeance in 1981 andWolfen, adapted from the Whitley Strieber novel and directed by Michael Wadleigh (his first feature since the epic concert film Woodstock), was a far more radical take on the genre than either An American Werewolf in Londonor The Howling, though not as popular as either.

Loosely based on the novel «All the Way» by Andy Behrens, the screen version is a rather raunchy adventure reminiscent not only of Judd Apatow's recent offerings but also of such shock genre staples as The 40 Year - Old Virgin, Road Trip, American Pie, There's Something about Mary and The Sure Thing.

As saturated as the battle royale genre is, a game at the level of quality that Rockstar produces in a Wild West setting would still be fairly noveAs saturated as the battle royale genre is, a game at the level of quality that Rockstar produces in a Wild West setting would still be fairly noveas the battle royale genre is, a game at the level of quality that Rockstar produces in a Wild West setting would still be fairly novel.

Whether you've read the novel or simply are familiar with mystery as a genre, you just know that there's a big twist around the corner.

Made in 1993, Cronos was a fresh approach to the vampire film created just as the Anne Rice books was reviving the moribund genre and long before the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series made vampires hip and the «Twilight» novels spread them through popular youth culture.

The novels drew praise from such distinguished crime genre practitioners as James Crumley («Woodrell knows wonderful and funny and degenerate things that speak to the best of the human soul in the worst of circumstances») and James Ellroy («stone brilliant»).

Award - winning Tana French's novel works perfectly fine as a police procedural, but it's much more than that: the depth of characteris - ation, authentic dialogue, under - standing of human behaviour and sense of inner - city place are as good as you'll find in any novel of any genre.

ShadowHand is a card - driven RPG that blends elements from the visual novel genre as well as conventional RPGs, and it has now been dated for PC.

Godless promises that it will upend the western genre's patriarchal structures, but as the Netflix limited series wears on, La Belle becomes merely a novel backdrop for a more classic drama: a showdown between a Robin Hood - like figure, Roy Goode (Jack O'Connell), and a psychopathic bandit, Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels).

Stephen King once wrote a great but greatly under - read and under - appreciated novel called Cell about people's bodies being hijacked by a cellular signal, and it was as if he was tired of stupid zombie stories, that he almost flippantly wanted to show us that he could do it so much better, that the genre itself wasn't stupid as much as the people producing the media weren't very smart.

Very loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, indie punk Doug Liman (director of Swingers) has constructed a parable of self - discovery that can as easily be read as a subversion of the conventions of the thriller genre, a discussion of the ways in which the audience participates in the process of genre fiction, or as a science - fiction piece in which strangely robotic über menschen run amuck in a technocratic world metropolis.

But even as we are appreciating what is successful, starting with the impeccable work of Irons, Rampling and Schoenaerts, it's hard not to notice that the level of intensity, intelligence and involvement here does not reach the level of classic all - in spy movies like the Bourne films or Tomas Alfredson's «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy» and Anton Corbijn's «A Most Wanted Man,» both based on novels by the genre's master, John le Carré.

Another film that played as both a genre film and something more was Melanie Laurent's adaptation of Nic Pizzolatto's novel «Galveston.»

This may have something to do with its success as adaptation — it may be the most obvious choice among Pynchon's novels for silver - screen immortalization given that it's riffing so hard on one of cinema's favorite genres (and those riffs are themselves on the original noir novels as refracted through half a century or so of films of the same), but this simpatico quality presents possibilities and pitfalls in equal order.

The study booklet has been designed as a short unit of work where pupils consider the structure of «Creation Stories» through the genre of a graphic novel [no specific religions are explored in this study].

«Jabari can explain the symbolism in [graphic novels] and connect it to what is known as «the canon,» and he helped us all see the relevance of this genre to academic success,» Mason says.

I explain that students can play through survival scenarios to create narratives, re-create settings and scenes from novels to demonstrate reading comprehension, and even analyze the digital game itself as a new media genre.

The makeover presented Wanda as the authority in her genre, helped draw higher levels of Internet traffic, and promoted her new novels in a much more professional manner.

Awards are generally categorized by genre of writing, such as fiction, comedy, drama, horror, non-fiction, realistic fiction, romance novel, satire, tragedy, and tragicomedy.

She is taking pitches for the following fiction genres: romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery / thriller / suspense, horror, young adult, middle grade, literary fiction, new adult, graphic novels, women's fiction, upmarket fiction, and novels / books by and about people from marginalized perspectives (such as LGBT people and / or racial minorities).

Not only will our tool tell you how many pages your book is, it will also compare your book to others in your genre as well as whether your book classifies as a Short Story, Novella, or Novel etc..

The theme could be looked at as a genre or perhaps a subgenre of novels about art / romance.

Moreover, self - imposed or external stigmatisation is expressed as formal and thematic constraints that have generated specific and complex cultural phenomena, including types of texts (newspaper strips, periodical comic books, graphic novels), genres (superheroes, political satire, humour, horror, romance, pornography, crime, biography, reportage, etc.) and dedicated «subcultures» - there must be a better term — around them.

Writing a well - structured romance isn't the same as writing any other genre - something the popular novel and screenwriting guides don't address.

Genre, Same Author Name for Indie as First Five Novels.

Genre, Same Author Name as First Four Novels.

As with any genre, romance novels have a specific set of conventions.

He provides tools and worksheets to help you figure out your novel's genre as well.

I have read many books in any genre anyone can imagine, graphic novels, politics, history, help - yourself books, sports books as well as encyclopedias... Read more

- Booklist «A wickedly entertaining mash - up of genre conventions and enthusiastic subversions in which the perennial adolescent desire to be seen as normal takes on a whole new meaning... the novel's... real delights lie in its main characters» relationships.

It has never been out of print since, and - widely misunderstood when first published - is now seen as a feminist, genre - subversive novel, a study of a materialist woman in a materialist man's world.