
Martin Chef
Mar 5, 20238 min read
Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist: Universality and intimacy in mythical narratives
There is no universally accepted definition of "philosophical fiction"; however, some distinctive features found in literary works ranging from the classic era to the contemporary literary movements effectively allow to establish a connection between them, and thus to regroup them under this "philosophical fiction" label, or genre. One of these main features, and probably the most relevant to this classification, is the fact that these works, from Candide to The Handmaid's Ta
