western fiction genre

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Western fiction genre

The Western Fiction genre appears on first view to be a novel or collection of stories. set in 19th century frontier America with a strong, self-reliant central character; simple plots; full of action; often involves cowboys, cavalrymen, lawmen and outlaws of the Old West. It has become apparent that the Western enjoyed its Golden Age in the 1930s and 1940s and remained a vibrant genre through the 1950s and 1960s.

Western fiction

Definition :

> Lonesome Dove > The log of a cowboy > Mustang man > Rider of the purple sage - Larry McMurtry - ANdy Adams - Louis l'amour - Zane Grey

Western literature

Elmore Leonard

> American writer> Recipient of numerous honors. > Classic at first but turn to mystery and crime fiction. > Realistic dialogues, use of violence, and unique characters. > Some of his finest Western novels had movie adaptions.

Louis L’amour

> famous American novelist of the Western genre. > One of the most renowned writers and bestselling authors; > A lot of his Western novels were eventually turned into a film. > Won the Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Freedom.

Cormac McCarthy

> American writer, playwright, and screenwriter.> Won the Faulkner Award and the Rockefeller Foundation Grant. > Recognize for his dark and violent style.

3 Western authors

> Unforgiven > The shootist > Dances with Wolves > Spirit - Clint Eastwood - Don Siegel - Kevin Costner - Kelly Asbury and Lorna cook

Western movies

> Little house on the prairie > Bonanza > Rawhide > Into the West - Laura Ingalls Wilder - David Dortort - Charles Marquis Warren - Stephen Spielberg

Western Series

Manifest destiny is a term that appeared in 1845 to refer to the American form of the Calvinist ideology that the American nation had a divine mission to expand 'civilisation' westwards, and from the XXᵉ century onwards throughout the world.

Manifest Destinyand Conquest of the West

representation of reality