Conference paper
Marking out the pitch : Defining the soccer fiction genre
Sports Literature Association (SLA) Conference, 2010 (Williamsport, United States, 22-Jun-2020–26-Jun-2020)
2010
Abstract
The fiction of football, or soccer as it is commonly known in both the US and Australia, has a long and deep history. Despite this, there is still academic uncertainty as to whether it qualifies description as a distinct fictive genre. This paper seeks to address this question. It brings a genre analysis approach to the football fiction canon. Starting with definitions of what constitutes football fiction and genre, the paper goes on to distinguish and aggregate common trends, tensions and divergences and identify emerging and popular movements within football fiction. The paper will then assess football fiction's status as a discrete genre.
Details
- Title
- Marking out the pitch : Defining the soccer fiction genre
- Authors
- Lee McGowan (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Conference details
- Sports Literature Association (SLA) Conference, 2010 (Williamsport, United States, 22-Jun-2020–26-Jun-2020)
- Date published
- 2010
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2010 Lee McGowan
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450849402621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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