Types of Literary Genres
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1. Familiarize yourself with the different types of Literature.2. Define each type.3. Analyze the Video clips
Literary Genres
The two main categories separating the different genres of literature are:Literary genres are ever-changing. The number and scope of genres cannot be broken down simply or easily—even the most popular and well-known genres may be combined together, broken apart, or expanded to create fresh new ones. This reflects the malleable nature of literature; it demonstrates the sharing of ideas and the innovation that makes literature worthwhile age after age. Nevertheless, certain motifs and themes remain over time, and literature continues to be studied by genre.
1. FICTION- a.) A fictional work is a story with events and characters that are not real—in other words, although the situations may be based on real life events, they are not actual.
b.) can be defined as narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact. In fiction something is feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story.2. NON- FICTION - Nonfiction stories or books are true to life, actual events that really occurred.
TYPES OF FICTION
1. Narrative Nonfiction is information based on fact that is presented in a format which tells a story.
2. Essays are a short literary composition that reflects the author’s outlook or point. A short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
3. Biography is a written account of another person’s life.
4. Autobiography gives the history of a person’s life, written or told by that person. Often written in Narrative form of their person’s life.
5. Speech is the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one’s thoughts and emotions by speech, sounds, and gesture. Generally delivered in the form of an address or discourse.
TYPES OF NON- FICTION
1. Drama- is the genre of literature that’s subject for compositions is dramatic art in the way it is represented. This genre is stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.
2. Poetry- is verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotional response from the reader. The art of poetry is rhythmical in composition, written or spoken. This genre of literature is for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
3. Fantasy- is the forming of mental images with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality.
4. Humor - is the faculty of perceiving what is amusing or comical. Fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement which meant to entertain. This genre of literature can actually be seen and contained within all genres.
5. Fable- is a story about supernatural or extraordinary people Usually in the form of narration that demonstrates a useful truth. In Fables, animals often speak as humans that are legendary and supernatural tales.
6. Fairy Tales - or wonder tales are a kind of folktale or fable. Sometimes the stories are about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.
7. Science Fiction- is a story based on impact of potential science, either actual or imagined. Science fiction is one of the genres of literature that is set in the future or on other planets.
8.Short Story - is fiction of such briefness that is not able to support any subplots.
9. Realistic Fiction- is a story that can actually happen and is true to real life.
10. Folklore- are songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a person of “folk” that was handed down by word of mouth. Folklore is a genre of literature that is widely held, but false and based on unsubstantiated beliefs.
11. Historical Fiction - is a story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
12. Horror- is an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by literature that is frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting. Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader.
13. Tall Tale - is a humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible with an here of nonchalance.
14. Legend is a story that sometimes of a national or folk hero. Legend is based on fact but also includes imaginative material.
15. Mystery is a genre of fiction that deals with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets. Anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown.
16. Mythology is a type of legend or traditional narrative. This is often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods. A body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person.
17. Fiction in Verse is full-length novels with plot, subplots, themes, with major and minor characters. Fiction of verse is one of the genres of literature in which the narrative is usually presented in blank verse form.
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