Hysterical realism

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA literary genre typified by a strong contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization, on the one hand, and careful, detailed investigations of real, specific social phenomena on the other.

Synonyms

grotesquerie comedy dirty realism romantic comedy creative nonfiction comic relief fiction genre fiction sudden fiction tragicomedy mockheroic fantasy of manners

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