A poem's meter, rhythm, and its focus on the sounds of syllables, words, and phrases from other types of literature. The purpose of poetry is to convey meaning through ear ee : metaphors rather than to provide complete, grammatically accurate sentences. Depending on the style of the poem, poems can range in length from a few lines to several pages. There may be one author or several poets who contribute to a book of poems. Here are a few subgenres of poetry + Epic: Epics are long-verse narratives retelling the heroic journey of an individual or a group of individuals. An epic typically features superhuman feats, extraordinary adventures, highly stylized language, and a combination of lyrical and dramatic elements. + Narrative: A narrative poem tells a story through poetic techniques, such as rhyme, rhythm, similes, and metaphors. Narrative poems are longer than other forms of poetry and contain a complete story similar to a novel. + Lyric: Lyric poems are short, highly musical verses that express powerful emotions. A lyric poem is a personal expression of emotion written by a single individual. © Dramatic: Dramatic poetry is poetry that's written in verse for public recitation or performance. ‘The purpose of dramatic poetry is often to express one's thoughts aloud to another actor, oneself, or an audience. 2. Fiction it it 1d persuading the Irposk fiction, including entertaining, inspiring, informing, and per mere ea atera ead stories using their imagination. Fiction writers use figurative a ee ee of completely untrue events, characters, and settings to stimulate ree ions arrears Fesonel erhre rein 900 Se gta net SO \ G S neo lements. The ee oar rot er may combine mystery genre elements with fantasy genre el Asan » following are some subgenres of fiction:+ Mystery! Mystery novels provide readers with plots that explore mysteries from beginning to end. One of the main characters in a mystery is typically a detective or a private investigator who solves the mystery with the reader. istorical fiction: Historical fiction uses real-life events to support its plots and key details. A work of historical fiction engages readers by retelling a historical event in creative ways that alter minor details, such as characters’ names or the setting. Realism: Literary realism depicts familiar objects, people, and places without dramatizing or romanticizing the story. Literary realism emphasizes realistic characters and settings, detailed des of everyday occurrences, and depictions of social classes. | realism: Magical realism is a genre of literature that depicts reality with a sense of oF magic. A magic realism story is a variation of realism fiction y: Mythology and ancient folklore are some sources of inspiration for fantasy novels. Novels usually depict imaginary settings. beings, and universes that are nonexistent in Fantasy the real world, Romance: Love stories are the dominant theme of romance novels. Although romance is also 2 prominent element of other forms of fiction, romance novels emphasize the development of a romantic relationship. Science fiction: There are several themes that are characteristic of science fiction. including ‘Space exploration, futuristic species, and time travel. Most of the stories revolve around ntific concepts, such as physics, astronomy, anthropology, chemistry, and astrophysics. Dystopian: A dystopian story envisions a world that's in a state of cataclysmic decline. A dystopian fiction can depict societies with perpetual wars, social and economic class divisions, mass poverty, environmental destruction, anarchy, and loss of individuality. Horror: The primary goal of horror fiction is to shock and frighten readers. A horror story involves characters, settings, and plots that create suspense and tension for the reader. + Fable} Fables typically teach a moral lesson to the reader or illustrate a moral dilemma that the protagonist overcomes. An author may use inanimate objects or animals as protagonists who act like humans to resolve conflict in a manner that demonstrates character development ‘Mythology: The mythological genre reveals elements of human behaviour through the use of ‘symbols. Mythology includes themes such as gods, goddesses, and cultural phenomena. 3. Nonfiction Nonfiction writing aims to inform or inspire the audience by using actual events, people, Places. or facts. Students can gain a deeper understanding of fiction texts through nonfiction texts, such as textbooks and essays. Before writing a nonfiction piece, nonfiction authors typically conduct extensive Tesearch. Here are a few of the subgenres of nonfiction literature: + ‘Autobiography: An autobiography is a personal narrative of one's life. Autobiographies may serve a variety of purposes, such as helping the author overcome a difficult situation, assisting "le in overcoming similar challenges, or simply conveying stories. jiography: A biography is an account of a person's life, written by someone else. Many biographies feature notable individuals, such as celebrities, athietes, business leaders, and ians. Escay ‘An essay is a short piece of writing in which the author etaborates on an idea or topic after conducting thorough research. An essay may aim to engage its readers, influence their thinking, get them involved in its ideas, or persuade them to adopt the same point of view.Tragedy Of the story. Trag experiences + Comedy: A comedy ig Mat sey Sar Oe which the characters ultimately prevail, A comedy features a lighthearted tone, clever wordplay, turns of phrase, and humorous discussions of serious topics. ‘Musical: A musical can be an Original work or an adaptation of a longer literary work. Musical dramas tell a story through music and inchide direct expressions. of themes through song, + Melodr. Melodramas ate pieces of ike HMeratare fey melodrama may contain heroes, heroines, viliains, and mentors with flaws who overcome thew limitations to achieve success. ‘agedies focus on hardships that can cause emotional distress to the protagonists Tagedies contain details that illustrate the Challenges that the protagonist YE Ol drama wii a hurnusous with oo formal metncal'struct viButbarn: ste ical strwcwace. Wi The prose is a hiterary genr aS in traditional poetry, it relies on a natural flow of speech and Ordinary gearnunas _ involves clear, concise paragraphs that may be fiction or nonfiction. When writing prose, writers divide the text into paragraphs and use regular grammar that can be serious or humorous. 5. Prose instarTHE MODERN LIT! ERARY GENRE: 7 What is 21" Century literature? S USED BY 215' CENTURY WRITERS. New literary work ‘These are authored by SS developed in the recent decade are referred to as 21% century literature, fschnsioey Sonera nN author and deal with current topics/issues while reflecting 2 it frequently violates writing rules. Who are the 2st century readers? The 21% andis ee century reader is someone who grew up with technology as heir major learning tool skills th 7 of navigating and deciphering digital forms and media messages. They have literary Schiele technology talents like keyboarding, internet navigation, interpreting inological speech, communicating and interpreting coded language, and deciphering visuals. 21* Literary Genres 4. Comic Book = Acomic book is an illustration-based extract from a larger serialized tale | Archie comics, Marvel comics, and DC comics are examples of well-known comic comic book companies. 2. Digi-Fiction/Triple Media Literature oe Contains 3 types of media: a book. A movielvideo, and an online website onsets mivet navigate, read, and watch in all 8 modes in order fo understand the complete tale. 3. Graphic Novels oe Narrative work in which the reader is told the tale through comics, - Allelements of traditional books may be found in graphic novels. AiSatures distinct beginning, middle, end point, a8 well as @ primary plot, character development, and personal journeys. 4. Mange _ Manga is a Japanese term for comic books. itis a general phase for the English-speaking world for all the Japanese-published comic books and graphic novels. _ Anattistic and narrative technique. | (ameri Manga is sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artist in manga style. © Shonen — Boy's Manga (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece) © Shojo — Girl's Manga (Sailor Moon) ‘© Josi- Women's Manga (Loveless, Paradise Kiss) 5 Kodomo — Children's Manga ( Doraemon, Hel) 5. Doodle Fiction ~ Literary presentation in which the author uses doodle writing and drawings, as well as handwritten images instead of regular typeface. - Drawings improve the tale by frequently providing hilarious parts that would be absent if the pictures were not present. 6. Text-Talk Novels = Blog, email, IM format narrative stories are tol i i pase fe nen Id almost completely in dialogue simulatingnen seals Cork Lt or Chick Literature - Asien a a we © Af iderature that confronts difficulties of modem women in funny and cheerful - Chicr usually has a female heroine whose femininity is extensively thermalized in the Flash Fiction - Its 2 fictional writing form that tells a whole tale with 500-1,000 words. There 16 10 unrversaity agreed definwion for the category's length, lt may be anything from 2 single word to a thousand. ~ Se-Word Flash Fiction = A-six-word story allows a reader to consume an entire narrative in just a moment's time. 9 Scence Fiction - {82 speculative fiction genre that deals with innovative themes such a futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster-than-light travel, parallel universes, and exsaenestral Iie. - ihhas been referred to as a “literature of ideas” since it frequently investigates the potential ramdicabons of scientific and other discovenes 40. Bog - Aweb log in a website that contains smaill article called posts that are uploaded on a reguias basis. - Some tlags are written by a single individual and include their own thoughts, hobbies, and expenences whist others are published by a group of people. 11. Creatrre Non-Fiction - Also referred to as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction. - Atype of writing that employs literary methods and styles to generate factually correct tales, in contrast to other non-fiction, such as technical wnibng or journalism, which is bhewse based on true facts but is not created largely for the sake of its skill. 12. Hyper Poetry - Hyper poetry is a type of digital poetry that uses links and hypertext markup. it can either feature fixed words, phrases, lines, and so and that are given in a random 1Ger but 44 on the page mn the same that traditional poetry does, or it might include sections of the poem that move and/or mutate. o eo