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What is Transgressive Fiction?
« on: September 15, 2024, 01:28:28 PM »
I write in the genre known as Transgressive Fiction. What is Transgressive Fiction? Good question. Glad someone asked me once a while ago so I can answer it here.

Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways. The name of the genre is a newish named category in the world of fiction. With that said, it is as old as the scandalous writing of the Marquis de Sade.

Not all of the fiction contains violence or rape. However, much of it does. One example from over a century ago is Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, in which a married woman, feeling confined by the gender constructs of her society and pressures imposed upon her by her family and friends to be keen in her duties as a mother and wife, leaves her family and pursues extramarital relationships.

Not a big deal these days. But it was huge in the year of our lord eighteen-hundred & ninety-nine.

A more recent example of the TF genre is American Psycho, a horror novel by author Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story features Patrick Bateman, an overarching antagonist of many Bret Easton Ellis novels. He also appears as a supporting antagonist in The Rules of Attraction and Glamorama, and a post-mortem antagonist of Lunar Park.

Rene Chun, a journalist for The New York Times, described transgressive fiction as, “A literary genre that graphically explores such topics as incest and other aberrant sexual practices, mutilation, the sprouting of sexual organs in various places on the human body, urban violence and violence against women, drug use, and highly dysfunctional family relationships, and that is based on the premise that knowledge is to be found at the edge of experience and that the body is the site for gaining knowledge.”

My stories explore deviant behavior by men with questionable morals and sanity. My work is not comparable to the other writers I mentioned in his blog posting. I’m not that good! I’m sure some of my works are and or will be too simple, too violent, and too Rapey for many people. You can find links to my stories here https://ravishu.com/forums/index.php?topic=53035.0
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Re: What is Transgressive Fiction?
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2024, 09:14:59 PM »
Hey Ryan!

So, I'm a newbie on the block reading around the site and happened upon your informative narrative.  I wasn't aware of this genre being labeled as such, but I certainly concur that there's a ton of literature both past and present which fits into this category.  One rather interesting story I just picked up has a factual basis from events in Tampa, Florida occurring a few decades ago when a middle school teacher was charged with statutory rape of several male students.  Obviously, this crime is not confined to Florida, but those events were inspiration since the title of the book is TAMPA.  I'm here to tell you, the book is steamy as fuck - but not for people who can't handle the idea of underage sex and female predators.  Very sticky business and quite a controversial piece, yet highly acclaimed and extremely well written.  The author, Allisa Nutting, is an assistant professor of creative writing at a university.  This was her first book.  Clearly, she's familiar with erotic literature.  I love it so much, I got the paperback.

Still, the piece is a little disturbing to even the most open-minded reader, so parents should keep that in mind.  I like to refer to this stuff as 'sociopathic narrative', where the author tells the story as the antagonist first person.  There's no remorse or even awareness of wrongdoing, just a personal dialogue with the reader that lays out the events as they unfolded.  What's striking about this piece is that the antagonist literally plans her life around her deviant desire for young boys... her career, the man she married, every aspect of her being was established for the purpose of hunting her prey.  She is meticulous and daring, relentless and undeniably hot.  Teen boys fall at her feet, and she takes full advantage.

Another book I would classify in this genre which is more complex with regards to sociopathic behavior is VERITY by Colleen Hoover.  Both books are a quick read and written in first person narrative by women about women.  They are a little different than the rape and pillage you're talking about in your explanation, but every bit as diabolic. 
Meg

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Re: What is Transgressive Fiction?
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2024, 09:09:34 AM »
Obliviously, a lot of fiction in the horror genre is Transgressive. I'll have to check that out. I've only writing one first person story so far, and that was from a female rape victims point of view. Not sure how well it works for women, but men seem to like it. I have yet to do a long work. My longest is on here, and was told (by someone who knows) I should have put the parts up separately and let them percolate for a few days to a week before the the next installment.

There are over 16,000 words in that story and it's a drop in the bucket to what other writers do.

I'll have to check out the two you've listed. I have an outline for a husband and wife team where the wife seduces virgin boys to be their first fuck. I have to decide how old these virgin boys are and where I can publish it. It's had if you straight up rape and statutory rape tales with all the rules on all the sites to explore younger ages. Mainstream writers can get away with much more than those who publish erotic ones.
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Re: What is Transgressive Fiction?
« Reply #3 on: Today at 12:52:27 AM »
Obliviously, a lot of fiction in the horror genre is Transgressive. I'll have to check that out. I've only writing one first person story so far, and that was from a female rape victims point of view. Not sure how well it works for women, but men seem to like it. I have yet to do a long work. My longest is on here, and was told (by someone who knows) I should have put the parts up separately and let them percolate for a few days to a week before the the next installment.

There are over 16,000 words in that story and it's a drop in the bucket to what other writers do.

I'll have to check out the two you've listed. I have an outline for a husband and wife team where the wife seduces virgin boys to be their first fuck. I have to decide how old these virgin boys are and where I can publish it. It's had if you straight up rape and statutory rape tales with all the rules on all the sites to explore younger ages. Mainstream writers can get away with much more than those who publish erotic ones.

Ryan
The way you step around this age restriction crap is don't specify the age and try to be vague.  It's a little tricky and challenging, but you can do it.  The mods really don't want to eradicate works or terminate accounts, so they will be inclined to overlook stuff that is not an obvious violation.  You can infer a character is younger than eighteen without actually saying it.  However, in the book I mentioned (TAMPA), the author leaves no doubt... specifically giving the age of the boys that interest her.
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Re: What is Transgressive Fiction?
« Reply #4 on: Today at 10:55:59 AM »
Thanks for the advice. It seems a pretty sound argument.
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