Some definitions, for the jester. These are not from the OED, which I don't think I've ever seen, but I'm sure that one of our admirers of that book will supply the requisite definitions if asked.
fictitious \Fic*ti"tious\, a. [L. fictitius. See Fiction.] Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.
A "fictitious article" is one that does not in fact exist. You claim to have written some of these, but they will obviously be difficult to cite, if they are truly fictitious.
What you appear to be saying is that you have written works of fiction that were published as articles. In fairness to you, "article", as defined by dictionary.com (I won't use a dictionary I can't cut and paste from) as such:
2. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
This does not specify that an article must be non-fiction. But, as E has pointed out, in contemporary usage everywhere in the publishing world an "article" is automatically assumed to be non-fiction; any work of fiction is a "story". Anyone who publishes with any regularity is aware of this. |
