Do writers set out to self-identify as experimental or are they responding to the challenging social, economic, political and cultural times in which they are living?
Experimental fiction departs from conventional expectations or Aristotelian principles: that a novel has a beginning, middle and end, with steadily rising action and conflict that builds to a climax and then resolves- a closed text. A readers response to experimental fiction is sometimes one of frustration and even anger, leading to confusion and disengagement, as experimental works subvert expectations.
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