Narrative Fictions and Reality: A Comment on Frank Kermode's "The Sense of an Ending"

The use of fiction as a source of information about interpersonal communication: A critical view

“…Chesebro (1979) concluded after examining the central characters on prime-time series during the 1977-1978 television series that "the typical central television character does not reflect the American culture as it is" (p. 552; see also Chesebro, 1984, 120-121). Sartre argues that literature distorts reality since in literature, unlike in life, we know the outcome of an event (Pascal, 1977). Llosa (1984) suggests that "novels aren't written to recount life but to transform it by adding something to it" (p. 40).…”