SLICE OF LIFE STORY

A 'slice of life story' is a category for a story that portrays a "cut-out" sequence of events in a character's life. It may or may not contain any real plot, and often has no exposition, action, conflict, or denouement, with an open ending. It usually tries to depict the every-day life of ordinary people. The term ''slice of life'' is actually a (more or less) dead metaphor: it often seems as if the author had taken a knife and cut out a slice of the lives of some characters, apparently not bothering at all where the cuts were made. It is sometimes called '''tranche de vie''', from the French.
It has also been defined as an "episode of actual experience represented realistically and with little alteration in a dramatic, fictional, or journalistic work." (cp. Answers.com).

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Examples

★ ''Dubliners'', James Joyce - (short story collection)

★ ''The Sun-Dog Trail'', Jack London - (short story)

★ ''Azumanga Daioh'', Kiyohiko Azuma - (manga series, anime series)

★ ''The Traveller'', Chris de Burgh - (pop song)

★ ''The Listeners'', Walter de la Mare - (poem)

★ ''Night on Earth'', Jim Jarmusch - (movie)

★ ''Tom's Diner'', Suzanne Vega - (pop song)

★ ''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō'', Hitoshi Ashinano - (manga series)

★ ''Questionable Content'', Jeph Jacques - (webcomic)

★ ''Asatte no Houkou'', J-ta Yamada - (manga series, anime series)

★ ''Lucky ☆ Star'', Kagami Yoshimizu - (manga series, anime series)

★ ''Hidamari Sketch'', Ume Aoki - (manga series, anime series)

★ ''Kare Kano'', Masami Tsuda - (manga series, anime series)

See also

★ Vignette (literature)

★ Quotidian

★ Mimesis

External links

; Texts

★ "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare (complete text of the poem)

★ "The Sun-Dog Trail" by Jack London (complete short story)
; Criticism

★ ''Night on Earth'': The New York episode as a slice of life story

★ Green Man review of ''Dubliners''