my focus genre: I have chosen to focus my project on the "Literary Nonsense" genre. This genre allows me to express my creative and mentally unstable side in a positive way, and I am sure everyone will enjoy it.
my thoughts about this genre or this project: Literary Nonsense is right up my alley.
my questions about this genre or this project:
1) Who invented this genre?
2) How popular is this genre?
3) What year did this genre first appear?
4) Is this genre popular worldwide?
5) How many times will i say genre here?
6) How has this genre influenced the literary world?
7) What films have been made pertaining to this genre?
8) Which "Literary Nonsense" book has had the greatest impact on popular culture?
my to-do list for tomorrow: Study my genre in greater detail and select certain fiction novels to tie into my project
Literary Nonsense- is a style or motif in literature that plays with the conventions of language and the rules of logic and reason via sensical and non-sensical elements
List of "Literary Nonsense" authors:
1) Lewis Carrol
2)Dr. Seuss
3)Flann O'Brien
4)Edward Gorey
5) Michael Heyman
6)Lorin Morgan-Richards
7)Norton Juster
8)Hunter S. Thompson
List of "Literary Nonsense" Books:
1) Alice in Wonderland
2) Through the Looking Glass
3) Cat in the Hat
4) The Third Policeman
5) The Doubtful Guest
6) Amphigorey
7) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
rom, Thomas, Nonsense, Wonder: The Poems, and Cartoons of Edward Lear. "Literary nonsense - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia." Main Page - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. <http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Literary_nonsense>.
- my focus genre: I have chosen to focus my project on the "Literary Nonsense" genre. This genre allows me to express my creative and mentally unstable side in a positive way, and I am sure everyone will enjoy it.
- my thoughts about this genre or this project: Literary Nonsense is right up my alley.
- my questions about this genre or this project:
1) Who invented this genre?2) How popular is this genre?
3) What year did this genre first appear?
4) Is this genre popular worldwide?
5) How many times will i say genre here?
6) How has this genre influenced the literary world?
7) What films have been made pertaining to this genre?
8) Which "Literary Nonsense" book has had the greatest impact on popular culture?
Literary Nonsense- is a style or motif in literature that plays with the conventions of language and the rules of logic and reason via sensical and non-sensical elements
List of "Literary Nonsense" authors:
1) Lewis Carrol
2)Dr. Seuss
3)Flann O'Brien
4)Edward Gorey
5) Michael Heyman
6)Lorin Morgan-Richards
7)Norton Juster
8)Hunter S. Thompson
List of "Literary Nonsense" Books:
1) Alice in Wonderland
2) Through the Looking Glass
3) Cat in the Hat
4) The Third Policeman
5) The Doubtful Guest
6) Amphigorey
7) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Links:
http://www.librarything.com/tag/literary+nonsense
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth
http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Literary_nonsense
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/phantom_tollbooth/excerpts.html
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