Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Needs Help
, started by legendaryweredragon on Dec 5th 2017 at 6:06:09 AM
This page probably needs to be renamed to Xenofiction Index to avoid confusion. This is an index page, not a trope page.
I think that we need to make a distinction between xenofictional literature and anthropomorphic literature. For example, I wouldn't consider Redwall to be xenofiction, since the animal characters are changed so much from their real life counterparts.
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Yes. zerky completely agrees with this notion, and in fact, did a double take when she saw Redwall on that list. The definition of the category is:
"Literary works that take the point of view of normal or intelligent animals, or nonhumanoid aliens, with particular attention to differences in perception or outlook. "
The prefix xeno even means stranger. Xenofiction as a genre is categorized to perspectives so far removed from humanity that we become the outsiders looking in. The characters in Redwall are about as inhuman as Mickey Mouse. zerky will remove the entry from the list and add a bit of clarification to the article itself to prevent more Square Peg Round Tropeing.
If there is a need for an article on anthropomorphic literature then it might be a good idea to bring it up on the forums.
On a side note, Redwall was by far the most egregious example, but several other entries seem to be merely stories about Funny Animals or Beast Fables such as:
And potentially Duncton Wood, although zerky has not read the series and cannot be sure if the person who wrote the entry is just not writing about the things that make it xenofiction.
Edited by zerky
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Bad examples
, started by zerky on Mar 28th 2011 at 8:28:07 AM
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