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Action fiction is a genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a thriller.[1]
The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience.[2]
Action fiction can also be a plot element of non-literary works such as graphic novels and film.
- ^ Turco (1999, pp. 58, 116)
- ^ "Leisure Reads: Fiction and Popular Non-Fiction". Robert W. Van Houten Library. New Jersey Institute of Technology. September 13, 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.