literary fiction

Noun

 * 1) Any work of fiction regarded as having literary merit.
 * 2) Fiction lacking speculative elements and centred on character and theme.
 * 1) Fiction lacking speculative elements and centred on character and theme.
 * 1) Fiction lacking speculative elements and centred on character and theme.
 * 1) Fiction lacking speculative elements and centred on character and theme.

Usage notes

 * Both senses may overlap somewhat, as the traditional conception of literarily meritorious fiction (sense 1) requires works to lack speculative elements and centre on character and theme (sense 2).