Fiction+Genre+Subject+Headings

= Standardized Fiction Genre Subject Headings = = to be added in MARC 650 or Topical field of Easy Editor: =

= Discussion from January - June 2011 following our inservice: = = GSAFD Genre Terms = = - a project of OCLC the world's largest library co-operative = ==Finalists for a subject heading to describe young people and their problems (novels about young people dealing with bullying, illness, parental divorce, friendships, relationships, drug abuse, crime, etc.)==

4. Realistic fiction
//Charlotte: Even though bildungsromans is the official heading, I think it is just plain silly.//

The definition of Realistic fiction genre in Fountas and Pinnell is: Realistic fiction is drawn from the writer's imagination but is true to life. It often focuses on universal human problems. - Peggy

The definition from GSAFD for bildungsromans is: Use for novels in which the theme is the development of a character from youth to adulthood. An example is Charles Dickens' Great expectations. They also suggest 'Coming of age - Fiction'. According to this definition many titles do not fit, and would probably fit in Realistic fiction. - Katrina

Novelist also uses the term "Realistic fiction" so that term seems to be the most standardized one. -Charlotte