Author Archives: Francisco Severino

In Italo Calvino’s essay “Levels of Reality,” which is in his book, The Uses of Literature, it is explained how Fiction contains different levels of reality. Calvino first used Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to describe the levels of fiction … Continue reading →

Fiction is a story or novel or any document that is not historical or essentially true in any way. It can be completely creative and contain subjects that doesn’t actually exist like a flying car with wings. Some can be … Continue reading →

1. What exactly is a novel? 2. Are we going to read The Storm by chopin? 3. Does the novel have to be fiction?

Hi my name is Francisco Severino. My current major is Liberal Arts and Sciences but i’m going to transfer hopefully by next semester to study Political Science in City College. I’m a friendly person and I like helping others. I’m … Continue reading →