ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The main purpose of historical fiction is to entertain, educate, and show a certain event or time period from a unique and creative perspective. One of the most important aspects of historical fiction is its ability to generate new thoughts about a past society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historical Fiction is set in a real place, during a culturally recognizable time. The details and the action in the story can be a mix of actual events and ones from the author’s imagination as they fill in the gaps. Characters can be pure fiction or based on real people (often, it’s both).

Detailed explanation-3: -It leads children to use themselves and their own lives as comparisons to the characters that lived long ago and often, far away, to reflect on their own experience, to ask their families questions. It awakens awareness, perks up perception, sparks conversations.