![]() ![]() It is often viewed as a subgenre of survivalist fiction. The word "robinsonade" was coined by the German writer Johann Gottfried Schnabel in the Preface of his 1731 work Die Insel Felsenburg ( The Island Stronghold). ![]() The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a " desert island story" or a " castaway narrative". The genre takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Robinsonade ( / ˌ r ɒ b ɪ n s ə ˈ n eɪ d/) is a literary genre of fiction wherein the protagonist is suddenly separated from civilization, usually by being shipwrecked or marooned on a secluded and uninhabited island, and must improvise the means of their survival from the limited resources at hand. ![]()
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