Friends: Is there a name for stories built around a character turning up at multiple historical events, like "Forrest Gump" and "Little Big Man"? It's a form of roman á clef, but more specific. #literature #film
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@msbellows Picaresque is the term.
@GeePawHill Close, but it doesn't include the element of interacting with actual events.
@msbellows Doubt you're gonna get any closer than that.
@GeePawHill Darn you. From the author's bio:
@msbellows Heh. I *was* feeling mildly sullen about your demurral. :)
@GeePawHill I'm sorry. I mean, you were right that these are picaresques; I just thought there also was a term for stories slaloming around multiple historical events, and without the central character necessarily needing to be shady.
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@GeePawHill @msbellows yes! “Auggie March”, “I am a Camera”…
@msbellows "Zelig", too.
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