Action fiction#Genre fiction
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Action fiction is a genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a thriller.{{harvtxt|Turco|1999|pp=58,116}}
The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience.{{cite web |title=Leisure Reads: Fiction and Popular Non-Fiction |url=https://researchguides.njit.edu/leisurereads/action |website=Robert W. Van Houten Library |publisher=New Jersey Institute of Technology |date=September 13, 2024 |access-date=30 September 2024 |archive-date=1 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001145430/https://researchguides.njit.edu/leisurereads/action |url-status=live }}
Action fiction can also be a plot element of non-literary works such as graphic novels and film.
Genre fiction
Action genre is a form of fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling.
The action genre is also related to non-literary media including comic books, graphic novels (such as manga), anime, action film, action television series, and action games. It includes martial arts action, extreme sports action, car chases and vehicles, hand-to-hand combat, suspense action, and action comedy, with each focusing in more detail on its own type and flavor of action.{{cite web|title=A guide to comic book styles |url=https://www.bbcmaestro.com/blog/comic-book-style |website=BBC Maestro |publisher=BBC |date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606222303/https://www.bbcmaestro.com/blog/comic-book-style |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Arroyo |first1=Jose |title=Best Action Manga of All Time |url=https://www.thereviewgeek.com/bestmanga-action/ |website=The Review Geek |date=24 March 2023 |access-date=27 November 2024 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716000625/https://www.thereviewgeek.com/bestmanga-action/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Kemner |first1=Louis |last2=D'Andria |first2=Nicole |last3=Subero |first3=Olivia |last4=Ashford |first4=Sage |last5=Elder |first5=Natasha |title=30 Best Action Anime, Ranked |url=https://www.cbr.com/best-action-anime-ranked/ |website=CBR |date=November 1, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126010333/https://www.cbr.com/best-action-anime-ranked/ }}{{cite web |last1=Hellerman |first1=Jason |title=The Action Genre in Film and TV |url=https://nofilmschool.com/action-genre |website=No Film School |date=December 6, 2023 |access-date=1 May 2024 |archive-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501100920/https://nofilmschool.com/action-genre |url-status=live }}
It is usually possible to identify the creative style of an action sequence, the emphasis of an entire work, so that, for example, the style of a combat sequence will indicate whether the entire work can be classified as action-adventure. Action is mainly defined by a central focus on any kind of exciting movement.{{cite web|title=Action |url=https://literaryterms.net/action/ |website=Literary Terms |date=October 21, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Dow |first1=Isabella |title=The Appeal of the Action Genre |url=https://www.bcheights.com/2017/04/26/the-appeal-of-the-action-genre/ |work=The Heights |date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2024 |archive-date=January 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115060451/https://www.bcheights.com/2017/04/26/the-appeal-of-the-action-genre/ |url-status=live }}
See also
References
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- {{cite book|first1=Lewis |last1=Turco |title=The Book of Literary Terms: The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship |year=1999 |edition=1st |publisher=University Press of New England |location=Hanover, New Hampshire |isbn=978-0874519549 |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofliteraryte0000turc/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration}}
Further reading
- {{cite web|last1=Kendrick |first1=James |title=Action Cinema |website=Oxford Bibliographies |date=15 January 2015 |doi=10.1093/obo/9780199791286-0157 |url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0157.xml}}
- {{cite web|title=Genre Guide: Action Novels |url=https://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2015/09/29/genre-guide-action-novels/ |website=The Hub |publisher=Young Adult Library Services Association |date=September 29, 2015}}
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