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单词 New Weird
释义

New Weird

English

Etymology

From new + weird (fiction), attributed to M. John Harrison (2002).

Noun

New Weird (uncountable)

  1. A literary genre that began in the 1990s, influenced by horror and speculative fiction, but often crossing genre boundaries.
    Coordinate term: slipstream
    • 2016, Ken Gelder, editor, New Directions in Popular Fiction, Springer, →ISBN, page 184:
      The most detailed response to Harrison's set of questions came from Stephanie Swainston, an author who has described New Weird fiction as exercises in world building characterised by a heterogeneity of sources, genres and details.

Usage notes

Sometimes applied to works in other media sharing similar characteristics, such as video games or films.

Further reading

  • New weird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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