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Literature Is Classified Into Four Genres

The document classifies literature into four main genres: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction prose. Prose fiction includes subgenres like fantasy, folklore, historical fiction, mystery, realistic fiction, romance, science fiction, and thriller. Poetry subgenres include lyric poetry. Drama subgenres are comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy, and melodrama. Nonfiction prose subgenres are biography, autobiography, narrative, periodicals, and reference.

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Literature Is Classified Into Four Genres

The document classifies literature into four main genres: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction prose. Prose fiction includes subgenres like fantasy, folklore, historical fiction, mystery, realistic fiction, romance, science fiction, and thriller. Poetry subgenres include lyric poetry. Drama subgenres are comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy, and melodrama. Nonfiction prose subgenres are biography, autobiography, narrative, periodicals, and reference.

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Literature

- Books and other writing usually by expert authors


Literary Genres + Subgenres
Literary Genre
- Type or category of literature
Literary Subgenres
- Smaller group or category which comprises the main genre
Literature is classified into four genres:
A. Prose Fiction- a story that did not actually happen in real life
1. Fantasy- a story in a fantasy world (e.g. Harry Potter)
2. Folklore- old cultural stories which includes fairytales, fables,
myths, legends and tall tales
3. Historical- a fiction history based on real fiction (e.g. Gone with
the Wind by Margaret Mitchel)
4. Mystery- story about a crime
5. Realistic Fiction- a story that seems real but isn’t real (e.g. Jane
Eyre by Charlotte Bronte)
6. Romance- a love story
7. Science Fiction- a story in the future with the use of advance
technology (e.g. Hunger Games)
- it involves new technology and inventions
8. Thriller- or suspense is a story that makes readers nervous and
excited, or most likely anticipate with what’s going to happen next

B. Poetry- writing using language or sounds in special ways to express ideas


1. Lyric- a poem about the speaker’s thoughts
- most poems are lyrics (e.g. elegy, ode, sonnet and haiku)
2.
C. Drama- a play for theater told by character dialogue (usually talking)
1. Comedy- funny or humorous, drama with a happy ending (e.g. The
Comedy of Errors by SHAKESPEARE)
2. Tragedy- sad drama with sad ending (e.g. Romeo and Juliet by
SHAKESPEARE)
OR
1. Tragicomedy- a play containing both tragedy and comedy
2. Melodrama- sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters
and exciting events to appeal to the emotions
D. Nonfiction Prose- writing that is factual and actually happened in real
life
1. Biography- story of a person’s life
2. Autobiography- a story the author writes about himself or herself
3. Narrative- a story or narrative that happened in real life
4. Periodicals- these are the magazines, newspapers, and journals that
are written regularly
5. Reference- books with facts in alphabetical order

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