What does “Literary Fiction” means and what’s the difference with Fiction?

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What does “Literary Fiction” means and what’s the difference with Fiction? How do I spot it easily? what is its definition and its characteristics?

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Answer 1

*To Kill a Mockingbird* is literary fiction, *Star Wars* is not. Literary fiction usually uses fictional characters to examine real social, political, economic etc issues in our world, generally with real settings (time period, location etc). It is also generally considered more “highbrow” and “cultured” to read than non-literary (or commercial) fiction, because it expects the reader to be already familiar with the issues being examined in the work.