Talk:Theme (literature)
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[edit] Old miscellaneous comments
"Not all stories have explicit themes (they are optional in escape fiction)."
Erm... I'd say most stories don't have explicit themes... explicit in the sense of "war is bad" or something. Most themes are derived or interpreted from the story. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.123.178.236 (talk • contribs) 02:52, 25 June 2005 (UTC)
I am a high school student, and I have been taught in some classes that themes can be a word or phrase, such as "the line between reality and fantasy." A thematic statement for this theme would be "The line between fantasy and reality is often unclear." In other classes, I have been taught essentially what this article states, that a theme must be a sentence, an actual statement about a work. I'd appreciate if someone could set the story straight. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.193.193.130 (talk • contribs) 03:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
ok...well i dont know what theme is, and im doing a reading paper...so could you stop fighting and please explain it some more!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.98.243.141 (talk • contribs) 02:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Chess?
Chess is not a theme...it's a motif. In fact, many of the so-called themes in the list are motifs instead. Please discuss or fix the list. Applejuicefool 17:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Changes
Ok, I added a section with examples of themes in literature. I am going to remove the list of themes since most are not valid themes. I will place it on this page for now. Please discuss if you find this change unacceptable. Applejuicefool 16:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Probably could stand to be split off to a separate page: List of Themes/Motifs in Literature. (a metalist 0:) 13:21, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Some Themes in literature
- Adultery in literature
- Alcoholics in literature
- Blindness in literature
- Chess in early literature
- Family life in literature
- Heroines in literature
- Norse mythological influences on later literature
- Philosophy and literature
- Post-colonialism in literature
- Robots in literature
- School and university in literature
- Science fiction themes
- Smuggling in literature
- Animals in literature
- Orphans in Literature
- Child Abandonment In Literature
[edit] Theme more broad to all fiction?
Moved from Theme:
- What to do with themes in art and cinema? Would have preferred theme (fiction) instead of theme (literature) --Jahsonic 21:00, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
- Literature is actually the broader of the two topics. Literature can include books, movies, theater; both fiction and non-fiction. I agree that theme in visual art and music could use a separate topic. Applejuicefool 20:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
can anybody help me out with the theme to this book?
Do you think its possible for an author to purposely deny his or her work a theme? Maybe thats what Douglas Adams did. 72.139.102.159 20:37, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Theme and Subject are NOT the same
Somehow the article now reads "A theme is the same as the subject of a work." I think a 'not' got left out. I'm putting it back in. Applejuicefool 20:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
