Docufiction
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction. countable, uncountable
"The Novel as Document: The "Docufiction" of Norman Mailer, Jay Cantor, and Jack Kerouac WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY that a novel-a work of fiction is based on the life of a real person, on events that really happened in the world […]"
Example
More examples"The Novel as Document: The "Docufiction" of Norman Mailer, Jay Cantor, and Jack Kerouac WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY that a novel-a work of fiction is based on the life of a real person, on events that really happened in the world […]"
Etymology
Blend of documentary + fiction.
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