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  2. Anachronism - Wikipedia

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    An anachronism (from the Greek ἀνά ana, 'against' and χρόνος khronos, 'time') is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of people, events, objects, language terms and customs from different time periods. The most common type of anachronism is an object misplaced in time, but it may be a verbal ...

  3. Anachronism in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Anachronism, chronological inconsistency, is seen in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth in the juxtaposition of cultures of evidently different periods, such as the classically-inspired Gondor and the medieval-style Rohan, and in the far more modern hobbits of the Shire, a setting which resembles the English countryside of Tolkien ...

  4. List of metafictional works - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of works that use metafictional ideas. Metafiction is intentional allusion or reference to a work's fictional nature. It is commonly used for humorous or parodic effect, and has appeared in a wide range of mediums, including writing, film, theatre, and video gaming.

  5. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    Loki (Marvel Comics) - From the Marvel Comics series, and from the Marvel movies Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, and Avengers: Infinity War. He is based directly on the trickster god Loki from Norse mythology. Max and Moritz - Principal characters of the book of the same name written by Wilhelm Busch in 1865. Famous ...

  6. Lists of works of fiction made into feature films - Wikipedia

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    These are lists of works of fiction that have been made into feature films.The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work’s author and the title of the film, and the year of the film.

  7. Film adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Given the anticipated audience for a film, the screenwriter, director or movie studio may wish to increase character time or to invent new characters. For example, William J. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Ironweed included a short appearance by a prostitute named Helen. Because the film studio anticipated a female audience for the film ...

  8. This IG Page Shares The Best Movie Quotes That Ever ... - AOL

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    Speaking about quotes, the Instagram page Movie Quotes posts some of the most memorable ones from movies and TV shows, so we have compiled the best ones for you. Some of them will definitely ...

  9. Mise en abyme (in literature and other media) - Wikipedia

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    Mise en abyme (also mise-en-abîme, French "put in the abyss", [miːz ɒn əˈbɪːm]) is a transgeneric and transmedial technique that can occur in any literary genre, in comics, film, painting or other media. It is a form of similarity and/or repetition, and hence a variant of self-reference.