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title="Fiktion – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Fiktion" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_(%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A8)" title="خيال (أدب) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="خيال (أدب)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficci%C3%B3n" title="Ficción – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Ficción" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Գեղարուեստական Գրականութիւն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Գեղարուեստական Գրականութիւն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="কল্পকাহিনী – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="কল্পকাহিনী" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficci%C3%B3n" title="Ficción – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ficción" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksiya" title="Fiksiya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fiksiya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="কল্পকাহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কল্পকাহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-k%C3%B2%CD%98-l%C5%ABi" title="Hi-kò͘-lūi – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hi-kò͘-lūi" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D3%99%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81_%D3%99%D2%99%D3%99%D0%B1%D0%B8%D3%99%D1%82" title="Нәфис әҙәбиәт – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Нәфис әҙәбиәт" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Мастацкая выдумка – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мастацкая выдумка" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Художествено произведение – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Художествено произведение" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikcija" title="Fikcija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Fikcija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%91%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Уран зохёол – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Уран зохёол" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficci%C3%B3" title="Ficció – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ficció" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handurawat" title="Handurawat – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Handurawat" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter%C3%A1rn%C3%AD_fikce" title="Literární fikce – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Literární fikce" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffuglen" title="Ffuglen – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ffuglen" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktion" title="Fiktion – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Fiktion" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF" title="تعاويد – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="تعاويد" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktion" title="Fiktion – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fiktion" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ljam%C3%B5eldis" title="Väljamõeldis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Väljamõeldis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Μυθοπλασία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μυθοπλασία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Fiction" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficci%C3%B3n" title="Ficción – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ficción" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikcio" title="Fikcio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Fikcio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikzio" title="Fikzio – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Fikzio" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="ادبیات داستانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ادبیات داستانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Fiction" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fiction" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksje" title="Fiksje – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Fiksje" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficsean" title="Ficsean – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ficsean" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficci%C3%B3n" title="Ficción – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ficción" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%88%EA%B5%AC" title="허구 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="허구" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction_(Almara)" title="Fiction (Almara) – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Fiction (Almara)" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Գեղարվեստական գրականություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գեղարվեստական գրականություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="कपोलकल्पना – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कपोलकल्पना" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikcija" title="Fikcija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Fikcija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binalab%C3%A1la" title="Binalabála – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Binalabála" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksi" title="Fiksi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Fiksi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%A1ldskapur" title="Skáldskapur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Skáldskapur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fiction" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA" title="סיפורת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סיפורת" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksion" title="Fiksion – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Fiksion" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83_%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82" title="Суратлау адабият – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Суратлау адабият" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%92%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D3%A9%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D3%99%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Ғылыми-көркем әдебиет – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ғылыми-көркем әдебиет" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugieth" title="Fugieth – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Fugieth" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunilizi" title="Bunilizi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bunilizi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksyon" title="Fiksyon – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Fiksyon" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksyon" title="Fiksyon – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Fiksyon" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictio" title="Fictio – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Fictio" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izdom%C4%81jums" title="Izdomājums – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Izdomājums" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikcija" title="Fikcija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Fikcija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fintaria" title="Fintaria – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Fintaria" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Фикција – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Фикција" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%BB" title="ഫിക്ഷൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫിക്ഷൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerita_rekaan" title="Cerita rekaan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Cerita rekaan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictie" title="Fictie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fictie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictie" title="Fictie – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Fictie" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="काल्पनिक साहित्य – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="काल्पनिक साहित्य" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3" title="フィクション – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フィクション" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksjon" title="Fiksjon – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fiksjon" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksjon" title="Fiksjon – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Fiksjon" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficcion" title="Ficcion – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ficcion" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoosama" title="Asoosama – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Asoosama" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmiy-badiiy_adabiyot" title="Ilmiy-badiiy adabiyot – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ilmiy-badiiy adabiyot" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%AA" title="ਗਲਪ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਗਲਪ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%90%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%86" title="فِکشن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فِکشن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="ناروشتي – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ناروشتي" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikshan" title="Fikshan – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Fikshan" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finsion" title="Finsion – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Finsion" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktschoon" title="Fiktschoon – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Fiktschoon" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikcjonalno%C5%9B%C4%87" title="Fikcjonalność – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fikcjonalność" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fic%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Ficção – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ficção" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fic%C8%9Biune" title="Ficțiune – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ficțiune" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%BD" title="Фікшн – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Фікшн" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Художественный вымысел – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Художественный вымысел" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktivi" title="Fiktivi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Fiktivi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B0" title="ප්‍රබන්ධ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ප්‍රබන්ධ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8" title="افسانوي ادب – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="افسانوي ادب" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikcija" title="Fikcija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Fikcija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_Awaal" title="Male Awaal – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Male Awaal" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%DB%95%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%B5_(%D9%88%DB%8E%DA%98%DB%95)" title="خەیاڵ (وێژە) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="خەیاڵ (وێژە)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Фикција – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Фикција" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fikcija" title="Fikcija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Fikcija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiksi" title="Fiksi – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Fiksi" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuvitelma" title="Kuvitelma – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kuvitelma" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktion" title="Fiktion – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Fiktion" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathang-isip" title="Kathang-isip – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Kathang-isip" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88" title="புனைகதை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="புனைகதை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80_%D3%99%D0%B4%D3%99%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82" title="Матур әдәбият – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Матур әдәбият" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AB%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="ఫిక్షన్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఫిక్షన్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5" title="บันเทิงคดี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="บันเทิงคดี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%91%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D3%A3" title="Адабиёти илмии бадеӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Адабиёти илмии бадеӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li 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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Fiction</b> is any story created by humans, originating from the depths of human imagination. It is not based on real-life events or actual people, but rather represents a departure from reality, allowing for the exploration of ideas, emotions, and scenarios that may not exist in the real world.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-H&H_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H&H-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The opposite of fiction is <a href="/wiki/Non-fiction" title="Non-fiction">non-fiction</a>, writing that deals with facts and true events. Often in a <a href="/wiki/Library" title="Library">library</a>, part of the library is for fiction books and another part of the library is for non-fiction. </p><p>The word <i>fiction</i> comes from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> word <i>fictum</i>, which means "created". This is a good way to remember what fiction is: if it has been created or made up by somebody, it is fiction. Fiction can be written or told, or acted on stage, in a movie, on television or radio. Usually the purpose of fiction is to <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/entertain" class="extiw" title="wikt:entertain">entertain</a>. </p><p>However, the dividing line is not always so clear. Fiction with real people or events in it is called <i>historical fiction</i>, because it is based on things that happened in <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>. This type of fiction is written so that we can imagine and understand what it was like when those people were alive. Reality can be presented through creative writing, and imagination can open the reader's mind to significant thoughts about the real world. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parts_of_fiction">Parts of fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Parts of fiction" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Parts of fiction"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Characters">Characters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Characters" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Characters"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In fiction, there are always characters. There is usually a <a href="/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist">protagonist</a>, or hero. Sometimes this is a group of people, not one person. You usually support the hero (or heroes.) The protagonist has to face some kind of enemy, usually another character called the <a href="/wiki/Antagonist" title="Antagonist">antagonist</a>, or villain. The fight between the protagonist and their enemy is called the <i>conflict</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FH_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plot">Plot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Plot" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Plot"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plot is a literary term. It is the events that make up a <a href="/wiki/Story" class="mw-disambig" title="Story">story</a>, particularly as they relate to one another. The events may form a pattern. That pattern may be a sequence, through cause and effect, or how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. (For <a href="/wiki/Example" title="Example">example</a>, at the start. a <a href="/wiki/Puppy" class="mw-redirect" title="Puppy">puppy</a> <a href="/wiki/Hunged" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Hunged">hunged</a> by a tree branch. At the middle, someone sees that puppy is about to fall. At the end, someone saves the puppy.)<sup id="cite_ref-FH_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aristotle_on_plot">Aristotle on plot</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Aristotle on plot" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Aristotle on plot"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his <i>Poetics</i>, <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a> considered plot (<i>mythos</i>) the most important element of drama—more important than character, for example. A plot must have, Aristotle says, a beginning, a middle, and an end, and the events of the plot must causally relate to one another as being either necessary or probable. </p><p>Of the utmost importance to Aristotle is the plot's ability to arouse emotion in the <a href="/wiki/Psyche_(psychology)" title="Psyche (psychology)">psyche</a> of the audience. In <a href="/wiki/Tragedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Tragedy">tragedy</a>, the emotions are <a href="/wiki/Fear" title="Fear">fear</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pity" title="Pity">pity</a>, emotions which he considers in his <i>Rhetoric</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Freytag_on_plot">Freytag on plot</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Freytag on plot" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Freytag on plot"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gustav Freytag considered plot a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/narrative" class="extiw" title="wikt:narrative">narrative</a> structure that divided a story into five parts, like the five acts of a play.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These parts are: exposition (of the situation); rising action (through conflict); climax (or turning point); falling action; and <a href="/wiki/Resolution" class="mw-disambig" title="Resolution">resolution</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Climax">Climax</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Climax" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Climax"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climax is the most dangerous and exciting part of the plot. For example, if you were on a <a href="/wiki/Rollercoaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Rollercoaster">rollercoaster</a>, the highest part would be the climax. The climax usually near to the end of the story, because the whole story has been building up to it (rising action). In an action drama it is the point when the hero or heroine looks like s/he is about to lose, and is in the greatest danger. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conflict">Conflict</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Conflict" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Conflict"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conflict is very important in fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-FH_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every work of fiction needs a conflict, or problem. There are five basic types of conflict. In modern times, a new one, "Person vs. <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">Technology</a>", has been used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Person_vs._Self">Person vs. Self</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Person vs. Self" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Person vs. Self"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Person vs. Self is when a character is facing his own fears, <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/confusion" class="extiw" title="wikt:confusion">confusion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>. Sometimes the character tries to find out who he or she is, and comes to realize it or change it. Sometimes the character struggles to find out what is right or wrong. Although the enemy is inside the character, they can be influenced by outside forces. The struggle of the <a href="/wiki/Human_being" class="mw-redirect" title="Human being">human being</a> to come to a decision is the base of this type of conflict. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Person_vs._Person">Person vs. Person</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Person vs. Person" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Person vs. Person"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Person vs. Person is when the hero is fighting another person. There is usually more than one time that the hero meets the enemy. For example, if a child is being bullied, that is person vs. person conflict. An example is the conflict between Judah and Messala in <i><a href="/wiki/Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ" title="Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ">Ben-Hur</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Person_vs._Society">Person vs. Society</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Person vs. Society" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Person vs. Society"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Person vs. <a href="/wiki/Society" title="Society">Society</a> is when the hero's main source of conflict is <a href="/wiki/Tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Tradition">traditions</a> or ideas. The protagonist is basically fighting what is wrong with the world he lives in. Society itself is often treated as a single character, just as another person is in person vs. person conflict. An example in literature would be <i><a href="/wiki/Wuthering_Heights" title="Wuthering Heights">Wuthering Heights</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Bront%C3%AB" title="Emily Brontë">Emily Brontë</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Person_vs._Nature">Person vs. Nature</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: Person vs. Nature" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Person vs. Nature"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Person vs. Nature is when a character is fighting against forces of nature. Many films focus on this theme. It is also found in stories about trying to <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/survive" class="extiw" title="wikt:survive">survive</a> in places far away from humans, like <a href="/wiki/Jack_London" title="Jack London">Jack London</a>'s short story <i>To Build a Fire</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Person_vs._Supernatural">Person vs. Supernatural</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: Person vs. Supernatural" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Person vs. Supernatural"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Person vs. Supernatural is when a character is battling <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a> forces. Sometimes, this force is inside themselves, it is internal. Such stories are sometimes used to represent or <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/criticize" class="extiw" title="wikt:criticize">criticize</a> <a href="/wiki/Freud" class="mw-redirect" title="Freud">Freud</a>'s theory of <a href="/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego" title="Id, ego, and super-ego">id vs. superego</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bram_Stoker" title="Bram Stoker">Bram Stoker</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula" title="Dracula">Dracula</a></i> is a good example of this, as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein" title="Frankenstein">Frankenstein</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Shelley" title="Mary Shelley">Mary Shelley</a> and <i>Christabel</i> by Samuel Coleridge. It is also very common in <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic books</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Person_vs._Machine/Technology"><span id="Person_vs._Machine.2FTechnology"></span>Person vs. Machine/Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Change section: Person vs. Machine/Technology" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Person vs. Machine/Technology"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Person vs. Machine/Technology places a character against robot forces with <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a>. <i>I, Robot</i> and the <i>Terminator</i> series are good examples of this conflict. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=14" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">Science fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novel" title="Novel">Novel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">Short story</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&veaction=edit&section=15" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiction&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiction">fiction</a>. Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-H&H-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-H&H_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">William Harmon and C. Hugh Holman <i>A Handbook to Literature</i>. 7th ed, New York: Prentice Hall, 1990, p. 212.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/fiction">Definition of 'fiction'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220827205032/https://www.dictionary.com/">Archived</a> 2022-08-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>Oxford English Dictionaries</i> (online). Oxford University Press. 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FH-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-FH_4-0">4.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-FH_4-1">4.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-FH_4-2">4.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFoster-Harris1960" class="citation book cs1">Foster-Harris (1960). <i>The basic formulas of fiction</i>. 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