What is the difference between Subversive fiction and Transgressive fiction.
The only difference that seems suggestive to me is past or present tense of sunverting a society or instution.
Room mate says my work is more subversive than cyberpunk.
Any books in either camp to educate oneself on such books?
Tried looking up sunversive. Couldnt find anything.
Please check your grammar before you post. And what do you mean by past vs. present tense of subverting a society? The temporal setting doesn't have any bearing on its own on the genre, unless it's utilized in the plot for an intended purpose, to subvert the reader's preconceptions or transgress the reader's sensitivities.
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They aren't established terms, so they mean whatever they mean to you. Just as they mean whatever they mean to others.
Doesn't transgressive refer to those southern lawmakers trying to legislate who can use public restrooms? Trans + aggressive?
(yes, I'm kidding)
I'm not big on labels, but transgressive I've heard used as an actual genre of fiction, whereas subversive might be a general adjective to describe it. Also the words have different meanings, in that transgressive is meant to provoke outrage, whereas subversive is flipping the script on expectations. One might be the other, but not necessarily vice-versa.