January 2017, № 1 (201)

Shatrova E.D., Lasitsa L.A. ON THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING FANFICTION GENRESEvery literary work or composition has its own genre. Genres define persistent text features such as length, theme or relation to a certain kind of literature. The system of genres that already exists in fiction cannot always be applied to the new literary movements such as fanfiction. Fanfiction is so diversified a phenomenon that the generally accepted system is not enough to classify all of its works. Therefore there is a need to create new genre classification. Fanfiction is a modern literary movement that unites amateur works based on a particular book, film, or computer game. All features represented in fiction by “genre” in fanfiction are represented by several terms at the same time: “size”, “genre”, “category”, “rating”. Genre is a group of works written on a particular topic. The term “category” represents distinct features of the text such as correspondence with the realities of original work or presence of a love line in it. Ratings system is used to evaluate the content of the text and its suitability for different age groups. The result of our research is new classification of fanfiction works. There are such genres as action, fluff, dark, angst, adventure, humor, detective genre. Categories classification is based on several features. Relation to an original work of art: prequel, sequel, POV, missing scene. Presence of a love line: gen, get, slash, RPS, RPV. Correspondence with the realities of original work: crossover, AU and work that doesn't have any discrepancies with the original and doesn't have a special term. Ratings system includes ratings from “G” (General audience) to NC-17 (No one under 17 admitted).Key words: literary genre, fanfiction, fanfic, ficwriter, genre, category, rating.

Download

References:

1. Fanfiction Internet — archive. URL: http://fanfics.me/index.php?section =html&article=thatisfanfic — 05.11.2016

2. Fanfiction Internet — archive. URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/ — 02.11.2016

3. Bahtin, M.M. Estetika slovesnogo tvorchestva / M.M. Bahtin. — M.: Iskusstvo, 1986 — 423 s.

4. Venediktova, T. Literatura kak opyt / T. Venediktova // NLO, 2012, № 115.

5. GUDCov, L.D. Literatura i obshchestvo: vvedenie v sociologiyu literatury / L.D. GUDCov, B.V. Dubin, V. Strada. — M.: RGGU, 1998 — 77 s.

6. Samutina, N. The great female readers: fan fiction as a literary experience / N. Samutina // Russian sociological review. 2013. Vol. 12. №3

7. Tomashevskij, B.V. Teoriya literatury. Poehtika / B.V. Tomashevskij. — M.: Aspekt Press, 1999 — 334 s.

8. Halizev, V.E. Teoriya literatury / V.E. Halizev. — M.: Vysshaya shkola, 2002 — 438 s.

9. Busse K., Hellekson K. Introduction // Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet. P. 5-40.

10. Derecho, Abigail. Archontic Literature: A Definition, a History, and Several Theories of Fan Fiction // Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet. P.77.

11. Ewan Morrison. In the beginning, there was fan fiction: from the four gospels to Fifty Shades. — URL: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/ 13/fan-fiction-fifty-shades-grey — 03.11.2016

12. Felski R. Uses of Literature. — URL: https://books.google.ru/books /about/Uses_of_Literature.html?id=8pArhNgNqFkC&redir_esc=y — 30.10.2016

13. Foltermann, C.L. Fanfiction: A Worldwide Phenomenon / C.L. Foltermann. — URL: https://fanslashfic.com/2015/11/25/fanfiction-a-worldwide-phenomenon/ — 27.10.2016

14. Jenkins, Henry. Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. — URL: http://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/ Textual_Poachers__ Television_Fans_and_Participatory_Culture__Studies_in_Culture_and_Communication_.pdf — 07.11.2016

15. Jones, Sara Gwenllian. The Sex Live of Cult Television Characters // Screen, 2002. №43

16. L. Rogue. Fanfiction as a Genre of Literature. — URL: http://www.trickster.org/ symposium/symp189.htm — 05.11.2016

17. Laura Miller. Fan Fiction: The Next Great Literature? — URL: http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/fan-fiction-next-great-literature-67706 — 03.11.2016

18. Pugh, Sheenagh. The democratic genre: Fan fiction in a literary context. Bridgend, UK: Seren, 2005.

About this article

Authors: Shatrova E.D., Lasitsa L.A.

Year: 2017

Editor-in-chief

Sergey Aleksandrovich
MIROSHNIKOV

© Электронное периодическое издание: ВЕСТНИК ОГУ on-line (VESTNIK OSU on-line), ISSN on-line 1814-6465
Зарегистрировано в Федеральной службе по надзору в сфере связи, информационных технологий и массовых коммуникаций
Свидетельство о регистрации СМИ: Эл № ФС77-37678 от 29 сентября 2009 г.
Учредитель: Оренбургский государственный университет (ОГУ)
Главный редактор: С.А. Мирошников
Адрес редакции: 460018, г. Оренбург, проспект Победы, д. 13, к. 2335
Тел./факс: (3532)37-27-78 E-mail: vestnik@mail.osu.ru