What makes a piece of writing fictional or nonfictional?
What makes a piece of writing fictional or nonfictional?
- June 15, 2015
- A piece by Roxanne Varzi, anthropology associate professor, is featured by Aeon Ideas June 15, 2015
From Aeon Ideas:
Before anthropology, there were stories. Before science could explain things like
volcanoes or thunder we had the mythic Vulcan. Stories create a moral order. They
belie origins, they give us belief systems and they can transport us to places we’ve
never been before or give us an experience we hope to never have.
For the full story, please visit http://ideas.aeon.co/viewpoints/roxanne-varzi-on-what-makes-a-piece-of-writing-fictional-or-nonfictional.
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