Quote: "A literary genre is a category of literature."
Categorization of creative works of literature according to their style and purpose, which includes poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction, and more.
Poetry: A form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language, such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre, to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.
Drama: A literary genre that presents a story in a form of dialogue within a performance.
Fiction: A narrative that is wholly or partially imagined or fabricated.
Non-fiction: Any work of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history and the essay.
Literary criticism: The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.
Prose: Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
Satire: A literary work that uses irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and criticize vices or follies.
Science fiction: A genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
Horror: A genre of fiction that is intended to frighten, scare or disgust its readers or viewers.
Mystery: A genre of fiction that involves a puzzle or crime to be solved, often a murder.
Romance: A genre of fiction that focuses on romantic love and relationships.
Historical fiction: A genre of fiction that takes place in a setting corresponding to some period in history or in a historical timeframe.
Quote: "Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or length (especially for fiction)."
Quote: "They generally move from more abstract, encompassing classes, which are then further sub-divided into more concrete distinctions."
Quote: "The distinctions between genres and categories are flexible and loosely defined."
Quote: "Even the rules designating genres change over time and are fairly unstable."
Quote: "Genres can all be in the form of prose or poetry."
Quote: "Additionally, a genre such as satire, allegory or pastoral might appear in any of the above."
Quote: "...as a mixture of genres."
Quote: "Finally, they are defined by the general cultural movement of the historical period in which they were composed."
Quote: "Genres may be determined by literary technique..."
Quote: "Genres may be determined by... tone."
Quote: "Genres may be determined by... content."
Quote: "Genres may be determined by... length (especially for fiction)."
Quote: "They generally move from more abstract, encompassing classes, which are then further sub-divided into more concrete distinctions."
Quote: "The distinctions between genres and categories are flexible and loosely defined."
Quote: "Even the rules designating genres change over time and are fairly unstable."
Quote: "Genres can all be in the form of prose or poetry."
Quote: "Additionally, a genre such as satire, allegory or pastoral might appear in any of the above."
Quote: "...as a mixture of genres."
Quote: "Finally, they are defined by the general cultural movement of the historical period in which they were composed."