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Chapter 1: Genres and subgenres of Literature

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Fiction Literature based on Imaginary events rather than facts. Novels and short stories
Non-Fiction Literature that contains real life factual information based on occurrences, experiences and events. Essays, memoirs, and biographies.
Genre A CATEGORY of an art form
Prose Ordinary or commonplace writing (everyday speech). Does not rhythmical structure (like poetry). Can be broken down in fiction or non-fiction
Poetry Literature that relies on rhythm, lyric, metric, stylistic, and aesthetics to convey meaning. Poems come in free forms or in established forms such as Haiku's and Sonnets
Drama Performance based literature that is meant to be acted out in front of an audience.
Apprenticeship Novel SUB genre. Also called Bildungsroman. A novel of that tell a story of a young character advancing from a stage of innocence to a stage of adulthood.
Epic SUB genre. Epic related content. Both novels and epics. Major events such as wars, empire building and heroic characters.
Epistolary SUB genre. A novel that is told through letters written between one or more characters
Picaresque SUB genre. Early novel form. Often Satirical in nature. Concerns the experiences of a traveler who must rely on his wits in order to survive.
Novella SUB genre. A work that is longer than a short story but contains characteristics of a novel
Narrative The telling of a story. That telling comes from some kind of voice.
Lyric Smaller scale Poem. Usually emotional and personal in nature. Usually rhythmic and utilize a particular meter.
Sonnet Most common lyric form. 14 line poem. Can be broken down into various types of sonnet.
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