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Adventurefiction

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Adventurefictionisagenreoffictioninwhichanadventure,anexcitingundertakinginvolvingrisk
andphysicaldanger,formsthemainstoryline.

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History
Adventurefictionforchildren
Notes
Seealso

History
CriticDonD'Ammassa,intheIntroductiontotheEncyclopediaofAdventureFictiondefinesthegenre
asfollows:
..Anadventureisaneventorseriesofeventsthathappensoutsidethecourseofthe
protagonist'sordinarylife,usuallyaccompaniedbydanger,oftenbyphysicalaction.
Adventurestoriesalmostalwaysmovequickly,andthepaceoftheplotisatleastas
importantascharacterization,settingandotherelementsofacreativework.[1]
D'Ammassaarguesthatadventurestoriesmaketheelementofdangerthefocushencehearguesthat
CharlesDickens'novelATaleofTwoCitiesisanadventurenovelbecausetheprotagonistsarein
constantdangerofbeingimprisonedorkilled,whereasDickens'GreatExpectationsisnotbecause
"Pip'sencounterwiththeconvictisanadventure,butthatsceneisonlyadevicetoadvancethemain
plot,whichisnottrulyanadventure."[1]
Adventurehasbeenacommonthemesincetheearliestdaysofwrittenfiction.Indeed,thestandardplot
ofMedievalromanceswasaseriesofadventures.FollowingaplotframeworkasoldasHeliodorus,and
sodurableastobestillaliveinHollywoodmovies,aherowouldundergoafirstsetofadventuresbefore
hemethislady.Aseparationwouldfollow,withasecondsetofadventuresleadingtoafinalreunion.
Variationskeptthegenrealive.Fromthemid19thcenturyonwards,whenmassliteracygrew,adventure
becameapopularsubgenreoffiction.Althoughnotexploitedtoitsfullest,adventurehasseenmany
changesovertheyearsfrombeingconstrainedtostoriesofknightsinarmortostoriesofhightech
espionages.
ExamplesofthatperiodincludeSirWalterScott,AlexandreDumas,pre,[2]JulesVerne,BrontSisters,
H.RiderHaggard,VictorHugo,[3]EmilioSalgari,LouisHenriBoussenard,ThomasMayneReid,Sax
Rohmer,EdgarWallace,andRobertLouisStevenson.

AdventurenovelsandshortstorieswerepopularsubjectsforAmericanpulpmagazines,which
dominatedAmericanpopularfictionbetweentheProgressiveEraandthe1950s.[4]Severalpulp
magazinessuchasAdventure,Argosy,BlueBook,TopNotch,andShortStoriesspecializedinthisgenre.
NotablepulpadventurewritersincludedEdgarRiceBurroughs,TalbotMundy,TheodoreRoscoe,
JohnstonMcCulley,ArthurO.Friel,HaroldLamb,CarlJacobi,GeorgeF.Worts,[4]GeorgesSurdez,H.
BedfordJonesandJ.AllanDunn.[5]
Adventurefictionoftenoverlapswithothergenres,notablywarnovels,crimenovels,seastories,
Robinsonades,spystories(asintheworksofJohnBuchan,EricAmblerandIanFleming),science
fiction,fantasy,(RobertE.HowardandJ.R.R.Tolkienbothcombinedthesecondaryworldstorywith
theadventurenovel)[6]andWesterns.Notallbookswithinthesegenresareadventures.Adventure
fictiontakesthesettingandpremiseoftheseothergenres,butthefastpacedplotofanadventure
focusesontheactionsoftheherowithinthesetting.Withafewnotableexceptions(suchasBaroness
Orczy,LeighBrackettandMarionZimmerBradley)[7]adventurefictionasagenrehasbeenlargely
dominatedbymalewriters,thoughfemalewritersarenowbecomingcommon.

Adventurefictionforchildren
Adventurestorieswrittenspecificallyforchildrenbeganinthe19thcentury.Earlyexamplesinclude
JohannDavidWyss'TheSwissFamilyRobinson(1812),FrederickMarryat'sTheChildrenoftheNew
Forest(1847)andHarrietMartineau'sThePeasantandthePrince(1856).[8]TheVictorianerasawthe
developmentofthegenre,withW.H.G.Kingston,R.M.BallantyneandG.A.Hentyspecializinginthe
productionofadventurefictionforboys.[9]Thisinspiredwriterswhonormallycateredtoadult
audiencestoessaysuchworks,suchasRobertLouisStevensonwritingTreasureIslandforachild
readership.[9]IntheyearsaftertheFirstWorldWar,writerssuchasArthurRansomedevelopedthe
adventuregenrebysettingtheadventureinBritainratherthandistantcountries,whileGeoffreyTrease,
RosemarySutcliff[10]andEstherForbesbroughtanewsophisticationtothehistoricaladventurenovel.[9]
ModernwriterssuchasMildredD.Taylor(RollofThunder,HearMyCry)andPhilipPullman(theSally
Lockhartnovels)havecontinuedthetraditionofthehistoricaladventure.[9]Themodernchildren's
adventurenovelsometimesdealswithcontroversialissuesliketerrorism(RobertCormier,Afterthe
FirstDeath,(1979))[9]andwarfareintheThirdWorld(PeterDickinson,AK,(1990)).[9]

Notes
1.D'Ammassa,Don.EncyclopediaofAdventureFiction.FactsonFileLibraryofWorldLiterature,Infobase
Publishing,2009(p.viiviii).
2.Green,MartinBurgess.SevenTypesofAdventureTale:AnEtiologyofAMajorGenre.PennStatePress,
1991(p.712).
3.Taves,Brian.TheRomanceofAdventure:TheGenreofHistoricalAdventureMovies.UniversityPressof
Mississippi,1993(p.60)
4.Server,Lee.DangerisMyBusiness:AnIllustratedHistoryoftheFabulousPulpMagazines.Chronicle
Books,1993(p.4960).
5.Robinson,FrankM.&Davidson,Lawrence.PulpCultureTheArtofFictionMagazines.CollectorsPress
Inc2007(p.3348).
6.Pringle,David.TheUltimateEncyclopediaofFantasy.London,Carltonp.335
7.RichardA.Lupoff.MasterofAdventure:theWorldsofEdgarRiceBurroughs.UniversityofNebraskaPress,
2005(p.194,247)
8.Hunt,Peter.(Editor).Children'sliterature:anillustratedhistory.OxfordUniversityPress,1995.ISBN0
192123203(pp.98100)
9.Butts,Dennis,"AdventureBooks"inZipes,Jack,TheOxfordEncyclopediaofChildren'sLiterature.Volume

One.Oxford,OxfordUniversityPress,2006.ISBN9780195146561(pp.1216).
10.Hunt,1995,(p.2089)

Seealso
Men'sadventure(a
Picaresquenovel
Robinsonade
Thriller(genre)
Warnovel

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