Fiction Vs Literature
Literature is a very broad term that encompasses many different types of written or spoken materials. It has many
definitions but in the technical sense, it consists of works produced by the inventive imagination. Because of this
characteristic, it includes the following works: drama, poetry, non-fiction and even fictional works. Thus, it can be
likened as a mother to fiction which is only one of its many children.
Conversely, fiction is a product of one’s imagination. It directly opposes the non-fiction category. It is only literature’s
sub branch that serves as a writing genre rather than a collective term for a group of written or spoken works as in the
case of literature as a whole. Fiction is usually expressed in the following types of literary narrative works like novels and
short stories among others.
Fiction is considered to be part of post modern writing compared to general literature that is more classic in nature.
Often, when one reads fiction he will find it easy to read from beginning to end because there’s no need for deeper
comprehension and analysis. The flow is usually predictable and recognizable to most types of readers. In literature
however, one is expected to stumble upon deep symbolisms whose main theme is slowly being uncovered as the reader
reads on.
Lastly, writing literature is deemed to be a lot more difficult than writing pure fiction because literary writing
necessitates that the author or writer imparts to his readers a sort of feeling, emotion and lasting memory with regard to
the literary material read. Fiction writing ,on the other hand, is done by writers to make an appeal to the ordinary
masses. That’s why it is written with clear central themes, interesting characters, often with very simple linear plots and
predictable conclusions.