prose fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofproseandfiction

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prose
noun[U]
uk
/prəʊz/
us
/proʊz/
written language in its ordinary form rather ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofproseandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Second, by analyzing data fromprosefiction, he showed that this usage was misrepresented or ignored by traditional grammarians.
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The last port of call isprosefiction, with its unlimited legroom for style and the creative use of language.
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Much of hisprosefictionhas been related to media franchises begun in television.
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If it is language, how is this distinct from the medium ofprosefiction?
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He eventually published four other collections of poems, but after the turn of the century he turned his talents toprosefiction.
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It includes student works of poetry, shortprosefiction, creative essays, and black and white art, including photography.
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But in the mid- '90s he returned toprosefictionof all lengths, and has produced new works at a steady pace since.
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Some consider the psychological insight, complexity and unity of the work to qualify it for novel status while simultaneously disqualifying earlier works ofprosefiction.
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Hisprosefictionoften draws on autobiographical materials.
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This class ofprosefictionwritten in screenplay form is perhaps the most precise example of the closet screenplay.
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She is known for herprosefictionconcerning urbanism, transnational migration, and animal rights.
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However,prosefictionwas soon far more popular than verse, rhetoric and science.
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Several published volumes ofprosefictionalso share the same setting.
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Prosefictionis what tickles the fancy of the world: the metal from which bestsellers are spun.
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Was this what one had to expect of modernprosefiction?
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In his theory ofprosefictionit occupies the fourth place with the novel, romance and confession.
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Their influence was felt in theatre, poetry,prosefiction.
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