Abstract
Biography as a literary genre comes between unofficial history and fiction, although closer to fiction. This paper examines the hybridization between fiction and biography with examples from the public and private catalogues since the Song Dynasty, and it analyzes the common ground between the two genres in terms of generic features, compilation approaches, and raw materials and investigates the boundaries of the genres in terms of functional value, thematic appeal and narrative approaches.
First Page
194
Last Page
201
Recommended Citation
Wang, Qinghua. 2015. "On the Generic Hybridization between Fiction and Biography." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (5): pp.194-201. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss5/11
