realistic fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofrealisticandfiction

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realistic
adjective
uk
/ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌriː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
accepting things as they are in fact and not making decisions based on unlikely hopes for ...
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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 ofrealisticandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would seem, then, that this quantitative difference has in fact made the modernist novel qualitatively - perhaps even generically, as suggested above - different from nineteenth-centuryrealisticfiction.
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In its professionally aesthetic light, the evocative portrait appeared as an emblem of the potent intersection of imagination and fact thatrealisticfictionhad itself become.
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Most of her novels are in the fantasy genre, but she has also writtenrealisticfiction.
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But there are big themes ofrealisticfictionas well.
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The young-adult librarians called her a pioneer inrealisticfictionfor teenagers.
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Types of fiction genres are science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction,realisticfictionand mysteries.
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In schools, what's seen as reading is so narrow: it's literary,realisticfiction.
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He has written books for different age groups and in many different genres including historical fiction, fantasies, comedies, mysteries, ghost stories, adventure tales,realisticfiction, and picture books.
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Tolstoy was a master ofrealisticfictionand is widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists.
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This is arealisticfictionnovel.
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While this may seem strange to a modern audience, who are used torealisticfiction, this is in fact a fairly strong argument for an early composition date.
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