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===Recess literature=== | ===Recess literature=== | ||
====Frontier literature==== | ====Frontier literature==== | ||
During the 19th century, an influential genre known as "Frontier literature" developed out of the experience of [[Ómestaderoi]] novelists, depicting stories both from lived experience as well as the imagined historical experience of life on the [[Urcean frontier]]. | During the 19th century, an influential genre known as "Frontier literature" developed out of the experience of [[Ómestaderoi]] novelists, depicting stories both from lived experience as well as the imagined historical experience of life on the [[Urcean frontier]]. The foreground of plots in this genre explored human nature when isolated from the comforts of well-built societies and explored both the depths to which man can go as well as the furthest extents of deprivation that man can survive. In the background of these plots, the genre in many cases followed an often-copied procedural style of storytelling following the trail of the ''Via Antonina'', whose route and locations were well known to most contemporary Urceans. While many stories include the typical hallmarks of the journey, some authors would imbue additional meaning to the various locations along the way, drawing parallels to the {{wp|Stations of the Cross}}. Some authors would subvert the route entirely, taking their characters to locations out of order or even in reverse as a way of imparting significance to certain events to the reader. | ||
====The Great Novel==== | ====The Great Novel==== | ||
During the [[Recess of the Julii]] period, the concept of the Great Novel was coined by scholars and critics. The Great Novel is a canonical novel that is thought to embody the essence of [[Urcea]], generally written by a [[Urcean people|Urcean]] and dealing in some way with the question of Urcea's national character. While the concept originated as a method of categorization, during the mid-19th century a preponderance of great works of Urcean literature were written, many of them attempting to become the quintessential Great Novel which truly explored the depths of Urcean identity and its relationship to the world through fiction. | During the [[Recess of the Julii]] period, the concept of the Great Novel was coined by scholars and critics. The Great Novel is a canonical novel that is thought to embody the essence of [[Urcea]], generally written by a [[Urcean people|Urcean]] and dealing in some way with the question of Urcea's national character. While the concept originated as a method of categorization, during the mid-19th century a preponderance of great works of Urcean literature were written, many of them attempting to become the quintessential Great Novel which truly explored the depths of Urcean identity and its relationship to the world through fiction. | ||