Fiction that unsettles ordinary expectations of meaning, decency or comfort, including absurdist fiction about characters who cannot find purpose in what they face, the Russian chernukha with its bleak picture of everyday life, and the Renaissance whore dialogues that shocked readers with erotic frankness. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes a mode of fiction defined by absurdity, pessimism or transgression of taste. It excludes satire and parody, the detective and crime forms, and cheap serial fiction, which have their own groups.
Absurdist and Transgressive Fiction
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Absurdist Fiction (Wikipedia)
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Absurdist fiction is a genre of novels, plays, poems, films, or other media that focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events that call into question the certainty of existential concepts such as truth or value.
Chernukha, Wikipedia
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In Russian culture, chernukha (Russian: чернуха, "black stuff") is a type of narrative in literature, film, and mass media focused on pessimistic description of the everyday life.
Whore dialogues - Wikipedia
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Whore dialogues are a literary genre of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment and a type of erotic fiction.
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