DOCUMENTARY NOVEL AS THE LEADING GENRE OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN 21 ST CENTURY

Abstract

This paper will explore the concept, method of creation, effects, relevance and development of the documentary novel, as a new literary-journalistic genre in the creation of the second wave of “new journalism”, created during the 60s and 70s of the XX century. The paper will analyze documentary novels created during the era of new journalism, as well as documentary novels written during the 21st century, created within literary journalism, where facts are combined with a narrative characteristic of literature. An analysis of George Orwell’s “Nobody and Nothing in Paris and London”, a novel by journalist Lisa Tadeo, “Three Women”, a confessional, documentary novel by Oriana Fallaci, “Letter to an Unborn Child”, will show the manner and procedure of writing nonfiction literary works based on documents. as material that has been transformed in accordance with the requirements of top literature. In this paper, we will show how during the last decade of the 21st century, the documentary novel became the leading literary genre.