FAN FICTION DISCOURSE: HISTORY, FORMS AND MODERN TRENDS
FAN FICTION DISCOURSE: HISTORY, FORMS AND MODERN TRENDS

Summary/Abstract: The article highlights history, main forms and modern trends in fan fiction studies. The term fan fiction is defined as a kind of creativity of fans of popular works of art, a derivative literary work based on any original work that uses its ideas of the plot and characters. It is the genre of mass literature, created on the basis of a work of art by fans of this work, which do not pursue commercial purposes and are intended for reading by other fans. Fan fiction can be treated as a type of discourse within the scope of Internet linguistics and literary studies. Such main forms of fan fiction as alternative universe, crack, crossover, fix-it, POV, smut, RPF, angst, hurt / comfort, and others are being viewed in the article. The perspective of this study is the analysis of structural, stylistic and pragmatic features of fan fiction discourse.

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